Scientists honored on the Eiffel Tower

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Surnames/tags: france notables

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On the Eiffel Tower, seventy-two names of French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians are engraved in recognition of their contributions. The engravings are found on the sides of the tower under the first balcony, in letters about 60 cm high, and originally painted in gold.

It is not clear how the 72 names were chosen, but it is known that some were rejected because their name was too long (the maximum is 12 characters). There are no women on the list. Of the 72 men so honored, only Michel-Eugène Chevreul and Hippolyte Fizeau were alive at the time of the opening of the Eiffel Tower on 31 March 1889. Chevreul died about a week later, at the age of 102, leaving only Fizeau alive for the associated World's Fair later that year.

Contents 1 North-East side (La Bourdonnais) 2 South-East side (Military School) 3 South-West side (Grenelle) 4 North-West side (Trocadéro)

North-East side (La Bourdonnais)

Nr.	Inscription	Nom	Spécialité	Avancement	Qui
1	PETIET	Jules Alexandre Petiet	Engineer
2	DAGUERRE	Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre	Painter, physicist
3	WURTZ	Charles Adolphe Wurtz	Chemist
4	LE VERRIER	Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier	Astronomer
5	PERDONNET	Jean Albert Vincent Auguste Perdonnet	Engineer
6	DELAMBRE	Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre	Astronomer
7	MALUS	Etienne Louis Malus	Engineer, physicist, mathematician
8	BREGUET	Louis Breguet	Physicist
9	POLONCEAU	Camille Polonceau	Engineer
10	DUMAS	Jean-Baptiste André Dumas	Chemist, politician
11	CLAPEYRON	Emile Clapeyron	Engineer, physicist
12	BORDA	Jean-Charles de Borda	Mathematician, physicist
13	FOURIER	Jean-Joseph Fourier	Mathematician
14	BICHAT	Marie François Xavier Bichat	Anatomist, physiologist
15	SAUVAGE	Frédéric Sauvage	Engineer
16	PELOUZE	Théophile-Jules Pelouze	Chemist
17	CARNOT	Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot	Mathematician
18	LAME	Gabriel Lamé	Mathematician

South-East side (Military School)

Nr.	Inscription	Nom	Spécialité	Avancement	Qui
1	CAUCHY	Louis Augustin Cauchy	Mathematician
2	BELGRAND	Eugène Belgrand	Engineer
3	REGNAULT	Henri Victor Regnault	Chemist and physicist
4	FRESNEL	Augustin Jean Fresnel	Physicist	*
5	DE PRONY	Gaspard de Prony	Engineer
6	VICAT	Louis Vicat	Engineer
7	EBELMEN	Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen	Chemist
8	COULOMB	Charles-Augustin de Coulomb	Physicist
9	POINSOT	Louis Poinsot	Mathematician
10	FOUCAULT	Jean Bernard Léon Foucault	Physicist
11	DELAUNAY	Charles-Eugène Delaunay	Astronomer
12	MORIN	Arthur Morin	Mathematician et physicist
13	HAUY	René Just Haüy	Mineralogist
14	COMBES	Charles Combes	Engineer et metallurgist
15	THENARD	Louis Jacques Thénard	Chemist
16	ARAGO	Dominique François Jean Arago	Astronomer and physicist	*
17	POISSON	Siméon Denis Poisson	Mathematician
18	MONGE	Gaspard Monge	Mathematician

South-West side (Grenelle)

Nr.	Inscription	Nom	Spécialité	Avancement	Qui
1	JAMIN	Jules Célestin Jamin	Physicist	*
2	GAY-LUSSAC	Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac	Chemist
3	FIZEAU	Hippolyte Fizeau	Physicist
4	SCHNEIDER	Eugène I Schneider	Industrialist	*
5	LE CHATELIER	Louis Le Chatelier	Chemist et engineer
6	BERTHIER	Pierre Berthier	Mineralogist
7	BARRAL	Jean-Augustin Barral	Agronomer, chemist, physicist
8	DE DION	Henri de Dion	Engineer
9	GOUIN	Ernest Goüin	Engineer et industrialist	*
10	JOUSSELIN	Louis Didier Jousselin	Engineer
11	BROCA	Paul Pierre Broca	Doctor and anthropologist
12	BECQUEREL	Antoine Becquerel	Physicist	*
13	CORIOLIS	Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis	Engineer and scientist
14	CAIL	Jean-François Cail	Industrialist
15	TRIGER	Jacques Triger	Engineer
16	GIFFARD	Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard	Inventor
17	PERRIER	François Perrier	Geographer and mathematician
18	STURM	Jacques Charles François Sturm	Mathematician

North-West side (Trocadéro)

Nr.	Inscription	Nom	Spécialité	Avancement	Qui
1	SEGUIN	Marc Seguin	Mécanicien
2	LALANDE	Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande	Astronomer
3	TRESCA	Henri Tresca	Ingénieur et mécanicien
4	PONCELET	Jean-Victor Poncelet	Geometer
5	BRESSE	Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse	Mécanicien
6	LAGRANGE	Joseph-Louis Lagrange	Mathematician
7	BELANGER	Jean Baptiste Charles Joseph Belanger	Mathematician
8	CUVIER	Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron Cuvier	Naturalist	*
9	LAPLACE	Pierre-Simon de Laplace	Astronomer and mathematician	*
10	DULONG	Pierre Louis Dulong	Physicist and chemist
11	CHASLES	Michel Chasles	Mathematician
12	LAVOISIER	Antoine Laurent Lavoisier	Chemist
13	AMPERE	André-Marie Ampère	Mathematician and physicist	*
14	CHEVREUL	Michel-Eugène Chevreul	Chemist
15	FLACHAT	Eugène Flachat	Engineer
16	NAVIER	Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier	Mathematician
17	LEGENDRE	Adrien-Marie Legendre	Mathematician
18	CHAPTAL	Jean-Antoine Chaptal	Chemist and agronomer