A Career Biography of Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche De Prony, Bridge-Builder, Educator, and Scientist

A Career Biography of Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche De Prony, Bridge-Builder, Educator, and Scientist - Studies in French Civilization

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study recounts the largely unknown story of a major figure in French engineering and engineering education through the Revolutionary, Napoleonic and Bourbon periods to the years following the revolution of 1830. It describes the life and work of Gaspard de Prony and presents selections (in French) of the many manusciprts he left behind.

Book information

ISBN: 9780773484856
Publisher: E. Mellen Press
Imprint: E. Mellen Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 620.0092
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 441
Weight: 839g
Height: 240mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 31mm