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Philippe de La Hire

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French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)

Born 1640
Died 1718

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  • Cover of: Gnomoniques, or The art of drawing sun-dials on all sorts of planes by different methods: With the geometrical demonstrations of all the operations

    First published in 1685 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La gnomonique; ou, L'art de tracer des cadrans ou horloges solaires sur toutes sortes de surfaces, par differentes pratiques: Avec les demonstrations geometriques de toutes les operations

    First published in 1682 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: New elements of conick sections: together with a method for their description on a plane

    First published in 1723 — 1 edition
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Photo of Philippe de La Hire

French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)

Born 1640
Died 1718

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Early works to 1800, Conic sections, Astronomy, Geometry, Mechanics, Tables, Mechanical engineering, Eclipses, Sundials, Académie des sciences (France), Analytic Geometry, Cycloids, Epicycloids and hypocycloids, Globes, Heat, Mathematics, Ophthalmology, Paper mills, Papermaking machinery, Plane Curves, Plane Geometry, Roulettes (Geometry), Synthetic, Trumpet marine

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Apollonius of Perga

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Early works to 1800

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import