The title page reads, in French: RÉPONSE DE MADAME *** A la Lettre que M. De Mairan, Secretaire perpetuel de l'Aca- demie Royale des Sciences, lui a écrite le 18. Fevrier 1741. fur la question des forces vives. A Bruxelles, chez FoPPENs 1741.

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   This led to an extended and very public argument with Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, the Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences.

   In an essay, de Mairan had asserted that the quantity we now know as kinetic energy should be proportional to the product of mass and velocity.

   The argument raged for a few years and took a great toll on du Châtelet. Her rebuttals were eventually published as "Réponse de Madame la Marquise du Châtelet."

   Photo: D. Lockard, Chemical Heritage Foundation