Léon Lecornu (13 January 1854,
Caen
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– 13 November 1940,
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados
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) was a French engineer and physicist.
After his secondary education at the
Lycée de Caen, Léon Lecornu obtained his
engineering degree
An engineer's degree is an advanced academic degree in engineering which is conferred in Europe, some countries of Asia and Latin America, North Africa and a few institutions in the United States. The degree may require a thesis but always require ...
from
École Polytechnique
(, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...
in 1872. In 1893, he was appointed professor at the
Faculté de Caen, then at l’
école des mines, and in 1900 at l’École polytechnique 1904.
He was elected a member of l'
Académie des sciences
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in 1910 (section de mécanique).
He was the brother of Joseph Lecornu.
Bibliography
*''Cours de mécanique'', Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1914–1918
*''Dynamique appliquée'', Paris, Doin, 1908
*''La mécanique, les idées et les faits'', Paris, Flammarion, 1918
*''Les régulateurs des machines à vapeur'', Paris, Dunod, 1904
*''Note sur le
laboratoire aérodynamique Eiffel à Auteuil'', Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1914
*''Sur la métallurgie du fer en basse-Normandie'', Caen, Le Blanc-Hardel, 1884
*''Sur l'équilibre des surfaces flexibles et inextensibles. Suivi de Propositions données par la Faculté'', Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1880,
*''Théorie mathématique de l'élasticité'', Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1929, réimp. 1967
See also
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Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum (or Lorentz pendulum) is a simple pendulum, but subjected to a slowly varying frequency due to an external action (frequency is varied by varying the pendulum length), named after Lord Rayleigh and Hendrik Lorentz. This p ...
References
External links
Biographical information for Léon LecornuLéon LECORNU – Généa50 – GeneaNet
*''This article incorporates information from the corresponding article in French wikipédia''
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1854 births
1940 deaths
Scientists from Caen
French engineers
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
Academic staff of the University of Caen Normandy
École Polytechnique alumni
Academic staff of École Polytechnique