Further to Ron's posting: if you really want to know about this, you should look at my Florida colleague Harry Paul's book: "Science, Vine and Wine in Modern France" (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996). It's reviewed glowingly in the March 1999 issue of the Journal of Modern History. Best wishes, Geoffrey Giles Professor Geoffrey J. Giles Department of History P.O. Box 117320 University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611-7320 Phone: (352)-392-0271 Fax: (352)-379-0935 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Home pages: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/ggiles/