Pierre Lemonnier
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Pierre Lemonnier (1675 in Normandy - 1757) was a French astronomer, a Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Collège d'Harcourt (University of Paris), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.[1][2][3]
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[4]
- Volume 2 - Metaphysica[5]
- Volume 3 - Physica Generalis[6] including mechanics and geometry
- Volume 4 - Physica Particularis (Part I)[7] including astronomy (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic), optics, chemistry, gravity, and Newtonian versus Cartesian dynamics
- Volume 5 - Physica Particularis (Part II)[8] including fluid mechanics, human anatomy, magnetism, and miscellaneous subjects (earthquakes, electricity, botany, metallurgy, etc ...)
- Volume 6 - Moralis[9] including appendices on trigonometry and sundials
He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis Guillaume Le Monnier.
[edit] See also
- Johann Baptiste Horvath
- Andreas Jaszlinszky
- Edmond Pourchot
- Philip of the Blessed Trinity
- Charles Morton
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.cosmovisions.com/Lemonnier.htm
- ^ Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Lippincott, 1901.
- ^ http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/%C3%89loge_historique_de_Lemmonier
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=DkkgYUvY_XYC&pg=PT220&lpg=PT220&dq=lemonnier+cursus&source=bl&ots=94Y8663bWe&sig=e24Kw4jk_H6_MQKavGIVE8vtQFM&hl=en&ei=I77tTK76I8H68AbVq8CnAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=bdfkBk_hbl8C&pg=PA240&lpg=PA240&dq=lemonnier+moralis&source=bl&ots=iCmOzP9DdV&sig=E6kvKr3MIjvHPmWUbiG2V3HLLZc&hl=en&ei=avHtTOn-MoT6sAPCkZGUCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=0eUTAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lemonnier+cursus&source=bl&ots=uLh7qB19JP&sig=PF69gp2rK4KUdiRUoOykhXYf2d0&hl=en&ei=I77tTK76I8H68AbVq8CnAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=cHMlxy7SWy4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=nQsUBxscSl4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=MeYTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT22&dq=lemonnier+morali&hl=en&ei=9vLtTJ2gKIqisQOlgMG-Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
