Antoine Deparcieux (28 October 17032 September 1768) was a
French mathematician
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Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
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He was born at
Clessous in the
Portes, department of
Gard. He attended the school of
Saint Florent for 10 years while working on his family farm. In 1725, his desire for learning took him to
Lyon
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, where he studied at a
Jesuit school for five years. Then, in 1730, he went to
Paris
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to increase his knowledge of
mathematics and
physics
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. He made a living by manufacturing
sundials.
In 1746, he became a member of the
Academy of Sciences
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, and in about 1765 was named ''Censeur Royal''. He was also librarian at the
University of Strasbourg
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, and member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, Montpellier, Lyon, Amiens, Metz, Berlin, and Stockholm.
Accomplishments
Among his constructions were:
* A machine to raise water at
Crécy castle
* A pump for castle of
Arnouville
Arnouville () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Previously known as Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, the name was officially renamed to Arnouville on 11 July 2010.
Population
Education
Public primary s ...
* A press for the production of tobacco
He also published many works, including:
* ''Traité de trigonométrie rectiligne et sphérique'' (1738), approved by the Academy of Sciences
* ''Nouveau traité de trigonométrie, (avec table des sinus et logarithmes)'' (1740)
* ''Traité complet de Gnomonique'' (1741)
* ''Essai sur les probabilités de la durée de la vie humaine'' (1746) ("Essay on the probabilities of the human lifespan"), which is the work for which he is best known
* ''Mémoire sur la courbure des ondes'' (1747)
In 1758, Deparcieux was elected a foreign member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
See also
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Life annuity
References
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18th-century French mathematicians
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
1703 births
1768 deaths