In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory
Foucault pendulum at the Panthon ... 
of the Panthon in Paris,v and in 1855 Napoleon appointed Foucault to... [DOC] [TLE] Lighthouse of the skies; the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ... [PAR] On, January 9, 1836, less than a month after his appointment, he noted his 
meeting ...... Not today, Cameron said, backing down a bit, today we have to deal 
with an .... and his papers published between 1855 and 1859 on terrestrial 
physics ...... of observatories he had described in his letter of 187oone like 
those of Paris,... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Joseph Fourier { The man & the physicist }" [PAR] Fourier The Man and the Physicist John Herivel JOSEPH FOURIER THE MAN .... 
for a time following a dramatic encounter with Napoleon during the Hundred 
Days.