Transcription: Messier lost the income he had been receiving for his work at the Academy of Sciences, and the subsidy for his observatory was also cancelled. Neither did his savings last for long. At times the situation was so bad that he even had to borrow oil for the lamp he used in his observatory. Mechain, too, lost his property and his savings. Yet, despite all these financial setbacks, Messier continued with his observations. In September 1793, he discovered another copy comet, and sent the details to his friend, a noted mathematician named de Sarrant, who had been imprisoned by the revolutionaries. De ... File Comment Made in Intimate Arts
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