MORIN (John), was born at Meung near Orleans in 1705, and in 1732 he was appointed professor of philosophy at Chartres. In 1750 the bishop of Chartres rewarded his long and assiduous attention to classical learning by a canonry in the cathedral. At the age of 38, Morin published his Mécanisme Universel, one volume 12mo, which contains a great deal of information, but much more conjecture. His next work was a Treatise on Electricity, published in 1748. His third and last performance was an answer to the Abbé Nollet, who had attacked his opinions concerning electricity. His reputation was not limited to the province in which he lived: he was well known to the academies of sciences at Paris and Rouen, with whom he frequently corresponded. He continued his application to the sciences, and displayed the virtues of the priest and the philosopher to the last hour of his life. This valuable man died at Chartres, on the 28th of March 1764, at the age of 59.