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Pierre Lemonnier

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Pierre Lemonnier (28 June 1675 in Saint-Sever – 27 November 1757 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French astronomer, a Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the College d'Harcourt (University of Paris), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Contents

Lemonnier published the 6-volume Latin university textbook Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accommodatus (Paris, 1750/1754) which consisted of the following volumes (generally consistent with the Ratio Studiorum):

  • Volume 1 - Logica
  • Volume 2 - Metaphysica
  • Volume 3 - Physica Generalis including mechanics and geometry
  • Volume 4 - Physica Particularis (Part I) including astronomy (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic), optics, chemistry, gravity, and Newtonian versus Cartesian dynamics
  • Volume 5 - Physica Particularis (Part II) including fluid mechanics, human anatomy, magnetism, and miscellaneous subjects (earthquakes, electricity, botany, metallurgy, etc. ...)
  • Volume 6 - Moralis including appendices on trigonometry and sundials

    • He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis- Guillaume Le Monnier.

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    References

    Pierre Lemonnier Wikipedia
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