From 1886 until 1888 Tannery was in Tonneins and, deprived of library and other resources, he was unable to carry out any serious work on the history of mathematics except editorial work.
Mula 1886 hanggang 1888 kultihan ay sa Tonneins at, bawian ng library at iba pang mga likas-yaman, siya ay hindi upang magsagawa ng anumang malubhang trabaho sa kasaysayan ng matematika maliban sa mga editoryal na trabaho.