WILFRIED DE FONVIELLE
\wˈɪlfɹɪd də fˌɒnvɪˈɛl], \wˈɪlfɹɪd də fˌɒnvɪˈɛl], \w_ˈɪ_l_f_ɹ_ɪ_d d_ə f_ˌɒ_n_v_ɪ__ˈɛ_l]\
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A French popular scientific prose-writer; born in Paris, July 21, 1828 He has long aimed to propagate scientific truths by his writings, of which the best known are: "Fossil Man" (1865); "Balloons in the Siege of Paris" (1871); "The Physics of Miracles" (1872); "The Conquest of the North Pole" (1877); "The Wonders of the Invisible World" (5th ed. 1880); and "Thunders and Lightnings" (4th ed. 1885);-besides one or two minor historical works.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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