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Fontenelle Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757), French influential man of letters. . . . . . . .	496
Fontenelle's Eulogy for Newton original: "Lobrede auf Newton" . . .	500
Mairan Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French physicist. . . . . . . . .	507
Cardinal Polignac Melchior de Polignac, author of the Anti-Lucretius. . . . . . .	511
Voltaire . . . . . . . .	513
Examples of Voltaire's Prejudice for Newton	516
Algarotti Francesco Algarotti, author of "Newtonianism for Ladies." . . . . . . . .	517
Anglomania The 18th-century fashion for all things English, including British science. . . . . . . .	520
Chemists . . . . . . . .	521
Dufay Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, known for his work on electricity. . . . . . . . .	524
Louis Bertrand Castel A Jesuit mathematician and vocal opponent of Newton's color theory. . . . . . .	527
Technical Painting original: "Technische Malerey" . . . . . .	536
Le Blon Jacob Christoph Le Blon, inventor of three-color printing. . . . . . . .	537
Gautier Jacques Gautier d'Agoty, who challenged Newton's theories through anatomy and printing. . . . . . . .	538
Celestin Cominale A Neapolitan physician and critic of Newtonian physics. . . . . . .	549
The German Great and Active World Refers to the German aristocracy and political spheres. . . . .	551
The German Scholarly World . . . . .	552
Göttingen Academy . . . . . .	565