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Dominique-François-Jean Arago (1786-1853)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Dominique-François-Jean Arago (1786-1853), is best remembered as an astronomer for his accurate measurements of the planets and as the discoverer of the solar chromosphere. As a physicist, his prinicple work was in electromagnetism, and he is credited as the discoverer of magnetic rotation. Arago entered politics in 1830, and it was by his order that slavery was abolished in the French colonies.
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Provenance
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Mrs. Frederick B. Adams [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1954, by gift.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Frederick B. Adams, 1954
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2384