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XEE4133831: Eggs with Leg Juice: Brillat Savarin (Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826) orders the chef of the inn, who has nothing to prepare, an omelet with the juice of the leg that rocked in the fireplace. Engraving in “” La cuisine des familles”” from 1905-1908., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4133979: 2 December 1801: The Italian physicist Alexandre (Alessandro) Volta (1745-1827) presents the operation of the electric battery before the members of the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Among them, Bonaparte, then First Consul. Illustration from Bertini's painting. In “” Le Pelerin”” of March 27, 1937., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images