Jean-Baptiste Meusnier (1754-1793)

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Name (English)
Jean-Baptiste Meusnier
Short name
Jean Baptiste Meusnier
Year of birth
1754
Year of death
1793
Short Description
"Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier de la Place (Tours, 19 June 1754 — le Pont de Cassel, near Mainz, 13 June 1793) was a French mathematician, engineer and Revolutionary general. He is best known for Meusnier's theorem on the curvature of surfaces, which he formulated while he was at the École Royale du Génie (Royal School of Engineering). He also discovered the helicoid. He worked with Lavoisier on the decomposition of water and the evolution of hydrogen." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021)
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