Jean-Augustin Barral was a French

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 agronomist

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 and balloonist.

Barral was born in Metz

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 (Moselle). He studied at a polytechnic school and became a physicist

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 as well as a professor of chemistry

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 and agronomy

Agronomy

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. He wrote many works of popular science

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, especially concerning agriculture and irrigation, and became director of publication of scientific works. He was named perpetual secretary of the National Agricultural Society of France. He died in Fontenay-sous-Bois

Fontenay-sous-Bois

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His name was included as one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower. He was a friend of Jacques Alexandre Bixio

Jacques Alexandre Bixio

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Partial list of publications

• L’Agriculture, les prairies et les irrigations de la Haute-Vienne, Imprimerie nationale
  Imprimerie nationale
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  , 1884
• Les Irrigations dans le département de Vaucluse : rapport sur le concours ouvert en 1877 pour le meilleur emploi des eaux d'irrigation, Imprimerie nationale, 1878
• Les Irrigations dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône : rapport sur le concours ouvert en 1875 pour le meilleur emploi des eaux d'irrigation, Imprimerie nationale, 1876
• Avenir de grandes exploitations agricoles établis sur les côtes du Vénézuéla, 1881

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