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The 20 pages that link to François Arago, each with the reason it gives.

• French Revolution of 1848Related: He helped secure the abolition of slavery in French colonies by the provisional government.

• DaguerreotypeRelated: His public advocacy helped secure state support and spread news of the invention.

• Foucault pendulumRelated: He encouraged Foucault’s work and helped arrange its public demonstration.

• Augustin-Jean FresnelRelated: Arago collaborated with Fresnel on experiments involving polarized light.

• Louis DaguerreRelated: Arago helped secure public recognition and state support for Daguerre’s invention.

• André-Marie AmpèreRelated: Arago demonstrated that a current could magnetize iron, a result Ampère incorporated into electrodynamics.

• Eddy currentRelated: His copper-disk observations preceded the formal explanation of eddy currents.

• Paris ObservatoryRelated: His directorship connected the observatory’s scientific activity with public life and politics.

• Joseph Louis Gay-LussacRelated: Arago joined Gay-Lussac on balloon ascents that measured atmospheric conditions at altitude.

• Nicéphore NiépceRelated: Arago’s advocacy helped establish the public account of photography’s origins.

• Siméon Denis PoissonRelated: Arago tested the bright-spot prediction arising from Poisson’s critique of Fresnel.

• François GuizotRelated: Arago joined the republican government that replaced Guizot’s ministry after the February Revolution.

• Hippolyte BayardRelated: Arago’s advocacy shaped the recognition Bayard sought for his own process.

• Louis BlancRelated: Arago held office alongside Blanc in the provisional government.

• Urbain Le VerrierRelated: Arago encouraged Le Verrier to investigate the irregularities in Uranus’s motion.

• Victor SchœlcherRelated: As minister of the navy, he appointed Schœlcher to lead the commission that prepared emancipation.

• Léon FoucaultRelated: Arago encouraged Foucault’s optical investigations and helped bring his experiments to scientific attention.

• Jean-Baptiste BiotRelated: Biot and Arago jointly investigated the magnetic effects of electric current.

• David BrewsterRelated: Arago’s experiments on polarized light intersected with Brewster’s investigations.

• Jacques-Charles Dupont de l’EureRelated: Arago was another prominent colleague in the provisional executive.