Nationality French Alma mater Ecole Centrale Paris Role Astronomer | Name Yvon Villarceau Institutions Paris Observatory Institution Paris Observatory | |
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Born 15 January 1813
Vendome, France ( 1813-01-15 ) Fields Mathematics, astronomy, engineering Died December 23, 1883, Paris, France | ||
Antoine-Joseph Yvon Villarceau (15 January 1813 – 23 December 1883) was a French astronomer, mathematician, and engineer.
He constructed an equatorial meridian-instrument and an isochronometric regulator for the Paris Observatory.
He wrote Mécanique Céleste. Expose des Méthodes de Wronski et Composantes des Forces Perturbatrices suivant les Axes Mobiles (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1881) and Sur l'établissement des arches de pont, envisagé au point de vue de la plus grande stabilité (Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1853).
He is the eponym of Villarceau circles, which are two circular sections of a torus other than the two trivial ones.
A short street in the 16th arrondissement in Paris is named after Villarceau.
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