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Gaspard de Prony
1839Jul, 29

Gaspard de Prony

Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony (22 July 1755 – 29 July 1839) was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics. He was born at Chamelet, Beaujolais, France and died in Asnières-sur-Seine, France.

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