Charles Bossut
Encyclopedia
France
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mathematician
Mathematician
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and confrère of the Encyclopaedists. He was born at Tartaras
Tartaras
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, Loire
Loire
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, and died in Paris
Paris
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His works include
- Traité élémentaire d'hydrodynamique (1771) later reworked as Traité théorique et expérimental d'hydrodynamique (1786-87)
- Traité élémentaire de méchanique statique (1772)
- Cours de mathématiques (1781)
- Histoire générale des mathématiques (1810)