Jean-Baptiste Soleil Jean-Baptiste Soleil </div>Jean-Baptiste François Soleil (1798–1878) was a French optician and engineer. In 1819, Soleil founded an eponymous company at 23 Passage Vivienne in Paris, specialised in making optics instruments for such notable researchers as Fresnel, Arago, Foucault and Babinet. In 1825 he moved business to 21, rue de l'Odéon . In 1843, he made a heliostat for Jean Thiébault Silbermann. In 1849, the business was split between to divisions under his son Henri Soleil, and his son-in-law Jules Duboscq. The Soleil division went on under Laurent Soleil, and has now been renamed to Jobin Yvon. The Duboscq division was
La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil exclusive rule. Her age is uncertain, between 10 and 13, and she walks the streets with the help of her crutches. She begs for help in the same spot the boys sell their papers, but today they attack her and she falls, rolling over and over. That’s it; she too will sell newspapers starting tomorrow. "La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil" debuted on 1 February 1999 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and opened in other film festivals on the dates given below. "La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil" ("The Little Girl who Sold the Sun") was released on DVD coupled with