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Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier

Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier

French engineer (1832–1919)

Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier (16 June 1832 – 4 October 1919)[1] was a French engineer who graduated from the École polytechnique. He made a career in the French army and was promoted to général de division in 1888.

Grave in Dillingen/Saar 1919-1929
Grave in Wallerfangen since 1929

He is best known for the Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage which was partly named after him.[2][3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Leonore
  2. [2]
    Mathematical tutorial of the Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage
  3. [3]
    How to draw a straight line by Daina Taimina
  4. [4]
    Note sur le Losange Articulé du Commandant du Génie Peaucellier, destiné a remplacer le Parallélogramme de Watt (in French)



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