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Show To Honor Noted Frenchman. Tho French Academy of Sciences has been olllclnlly Informed that Switzerland Switzer-land Is preparing to commemorate tho centenary of tho great French mechanician me-chanician nnd wntchmakor, Abraham Louis Breguet. Born In Neufchntel In 1717, moiiber of tho Inslltut nnd Bu-reau Bu-reau of longitudes, ho died In Paris In 182.1 The nstronomlcnl and nnutlcal Instruments Invented by Breguet were noted for tho perfection of thler work-mnnshlp. work-mnnshlp. Ills Improvements In watches Included tho use of rubles In pivot holes. Ho fled to London during dur-ing tho Reign of Terror, but returned nfter the ninth Thormldor. On tho occasion oc-casion of this centennry the Swiss council of stato will hold next year nn International competition for chronometers chrono-meters In tho observatory of Nuuf-cliatel, |