Antoine Deparcieux (October 28, 1703–September 2, 1768) was a French mathematician. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ...

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, where he studied at a Jesuit school for five years. Then, in 1730, he went to Paris to increase his knowledge of mathematics and physics. He made a living by manufacturing sundials. There are communes and places that have the name Portes: in France (pronunciation: pohrt) Portes, in the Eure département Portes, in the Gard département In Greece (pronunciation: POHR-tehs) Portes, a village in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Achaia Portes, a village on the island of Aegina Portes... Gard is a département located in le midi, the south of France, named after the river Gardon (or Gard). ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ... The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu/Jesu (S.J.) in Latin) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. ... Wall sundial Wall sundial in Warsaws Old Town A sundial measures time by the position of the sun. ...

In 1746, he became a member of the Academy of Sciences, and in about 1765 was named Censeur Royal. He was also librarian at the University of Strasbourg, and member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, Montpellier, Lyon, Amiens, Metz, Berlin, and Stockholm. Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The University Palace in Strasbourg, and a monument to one of the universitys students, Johann Wolfgang Goethe The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is divided into three separate institutions. ...

Accomplishments

Among his constructions were:

• A machine to raise water at Crécy castle
• A pump pump for castle of Arnouville
• A press for the production of tobacco

He also published many works, including: Crécy-en-Ponthieu is a small village in France, south of Calais. ...

• 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)

Reference

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article (retrieved September 16, 2005).

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Nuttall Encyclopaedia is an early 20th century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. ...