Pascal, Blaise

Pascal, Blaise

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Pascal, Blaise. Traité de l'equilibre des liqueurs, et de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air, 1663

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Subjects: Hydrostatics

Atmospheric pressure

Language: French

Format: Book

Summary: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was among the greatest scientist and philosophers of his age. A mathematical prodigy as a child, he completed an original treatise on conic sections at the age of sixteen. He studied infinitesimal calculus; solved problems of general quadrature of the cycloid; contributed to the development of differential calculus; originated, with Fermat, the mathematical theory of probability. He also invented a mechanical calculator, the syringe, and the hydraulic press. He wrote treatises on the equilibrium of liquid solutions, on the weight and density of air, and on the arithmetic triangle

Publication Date

1663

Publisher

Guillaume Desprez

City

Paris

Keywords

hydrostatics, atmospheric pressure, Rare Book Collection

Pascal, Blaise

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