Philippe de La Hire
Philippe de La Hire | |
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Born | 18 March 1640 |
Died | 21 April 1718 | (aged 78)
Nationality | French |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, astronomy, architecture |
Philippe de La Hire (or Lahire, La Hyre or Phillipe de La Hire) (18 March 1640 – 21 April 1718)
He was born in
He also began to study science and showed an aptitude for mathematics. He was taught by the French Jesuit theologian, mathematician, physicist and controversialist
La Hire wrote on graphical methods, 1673; on
Two of his sons were also notable for their scientific achievements: Gabriel-Philippe de La Hire, (1677–1719), mathematician, and Jean-Nicolas de La Hire (1685–1727), botanist.
Mons La Hire, a mountain on the Moon, is named for him.
On 19 December 1699, he presented ‘Expériences et observations sur les corps qui frottent l’un contre l’autre’ (Experiments and observations on bodies that slide against each other) at the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris, where he proposed what are now commonly known as Amontons’ laws of friction after Guillaume Amontons.[8]
Selected works
Unless otherwise stated La Hire's works are in French.
- Nouvelle méthode en géométrie pour les sections des superficies coniques et cylindriques (1673) (New geometrical method for the sections of conical and cylindrical areas)
- Nouveaux éléments des sections coniques: Les lieux géométriques: Les constructions ou effections des équations (1679)
- La gnomonique ou l'Art de faire des cadrans au soleil (1682) (Gnomonics or the Art of making sundials.)
- Sectiones conicæ (1685) (Conic sections.) (in Latin)
- Tables du Soleil et de la Lune (1687) (Tables of the Sun and of the Moon)
- L'ecole des arpenteurs (1689; on line: 4th ed., 1732)
- Traité de mecanique: ou l'on explique tout ce qui est nécessaire dans la pratique des arts, & les propriétés des corps pesants lesquelles ont un plus grand usage dans la physique (1695)
- Tabulae astronomicae (in Latin). Paris: Jean Boudot. 1702.
- Planisphère céleste (1705)
- "Des conchoïdes en général". In: Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences, p. 32 of the memoirs section (1708)
- Tabulæ astronomicæ Ludovici Magni iussu et munificentia exaratæ et in lucem editæ (1727) (in Latin)
Notes
- ^ a b c "LA HIRE, Philippe de." Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online (subscription required). Oxford University Press, accessed May 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c Chareix 2008, p. 662.
- ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "Introduction to Jesuit Geometers by Joseph F. MacDonnell - Chapter 4 Influence on Other Geometers". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Méthode pour se servir des grands verres de lunette sans tuyau pendant la nuit". In: Mém. de l'Acad., 1715
- ^ "La Hire and the map of France · Philippe de la Hire, the Constant Study · Bibliothèque numérique - Observatoire de Paris".
- ^ "La Hire and the Paris meridian · Philippe de la Hire, the Constant Study · Bibliothèque numérique - Observatoire de Paris".
- S2CID 238729534.
Bibliography
- Chareix, Fabien (2008). "La Hire, Philippe de la", vol. 2, pp. 662–664, in ISBN 9780826418616.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Philippe de La Hire", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- Philippe de La Hire at the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Virtual exhibition (2018) by the Paris Observatory library
- La Hire's manuscripts on Paris Observatory digital library (in French)
This text incorporates public domain material from the Rouse History of Mathematics