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His father, Jean Bouguer, one of the best hydrographers of his time, was regius professor of hydrography at Le Croisic in lower Brittany, and author of a treatise on navigation. He taught his sons Pierre and Jan at their home, where he also taught private students. In 1714, at the age of 16, Pierre was appointed to succeed his deceased father as professor of hydrography. In 1727 he gained the prize given by the French Academy of Sciences for his paper On the masting of ships, beating [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]]; and two other prizes, one for his dissertation On the best method of observing the altitude of stars at sea, the other for his paper On the best method of observing the variation of the compass at sea. These were published in the Prix de l'Académie des Sciences. | His father, Jean Bouguer, one of the best hydrographers of his time, was regius professor of hydrography at Le Croisic in lower Brittany, and author of a treatise on navigation. He taught his sons Pierre and Jan at their home, where he also taught private students. In 1714, at the age of 16, Pierre was appointed to succeed his deceased father as professor of hydrography. In 1727 he gained the prize given by the French Academy of Sciences for his paper On the masting of ships, beating [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]]; and two other prizes, one for his dissertation On the best method of observing the altitude of stars at sea, the other for his paper On the best method of observing the variation of the compass at sea. These were published in the Prix de l'Académie des Sciences. | ||
In 1729 he published ''Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière'', the object of which is to define the quantity of light lost by passing through a given extent of the atmosphere, and became the first known discoverer of what is now more commonly known as the Beer-Lambert law. He found the light of the sun to be 300 times more intense than that of the moon, and thus made some of the earliest measurements in photometry. In 1730 he was made professor of hydrography at Havre, and succeeded Pierre Louis Maupertuis as associate geometer of the Academy of Sciences. He also invented a heliometer, afterwards perfected by Joseph von Fraunhofer. He was afterwards promoted in the Academy to the place of Maupertuis, and went to reside in Paris. | In 1729 he published ''Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière'', the object of which is to define the quantity of light lost by passing through a given extent of the atmosphere, and became the first known discoverer of what is now more commonly known as the Beer-Lambert law. He found the light of the sun to be 300 times more intense than that of the moon, and thus made some of the earliest measurements in photometry. In 1730 he was made professor of hydrography at Havre, and succeeded [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis (nonfiction)|Pierre Louis Maupertuis]] as associate geometer of the Academy of Sciences. He also invented a heliometer, afterwards perfected by Joseph von Fraunhofer. He was afterwards promoted in the Academy to the place of Maupertuis, and went to reside in Paris. | ||
In 1735 Bouguer sailed with Charles Marie de La Condamine on a scientific mission to Peru, to measure a degree of the meridian arc near the equator. Ten years were spent in this operation, a full account of which was published by Bouguer in 1749, ''La figure de la terre''. In 1746 he published the first treatise of naval architecture, ''Traité du navire'', which among other achievements first explained the use of the metacenter as a measure of ships' stability. His later writings were nearly all upon the theory of navigation and naval architecture. | In 1735 Bouguer sailed with Charles Marie de La Condamine on a scientific mission to Peru, to measure a degree of the meridian arc near the equator. Ten years were spent in this operation, a full account of which was published by Bouguer in 1749, ''La figure de la terre''. In 1746 he published the first treatise of naval architecture, ''Traité du navire'', which among other achievements first explained the use of the metacenter as a measure of ships' stability. His later writings were nearly all upon the theory of navigation and naval architecture. | ||
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File:Pierre Bouguer, Cryptid Hunter.jpg|link=Pierre Bouguer, Cryptid Hunter|''[[Pierre Bouguer, Cryptid Hunter]]'' is a real-time television program which follows the adventures of alleged time-traveler Pierre Bouguer, "the father of naval architecture." | |||
File:The_Eel_v_Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|Art critic and alleged time-traveler [[The Eel]] grapples with marine cryptid [[Neptune Slaughter]], buying time for Pierre Bouguer to design and generate [[The Nacreum]], a [[Transdimensional prison|transdimensional naval prison]] capable of holding Slaughter within a shell of artificially intelligent [[Nacre (nonfiction)|nacre]]. | |||
File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|Art critic and alleged math criminal [[The Eel]] calls Pierre Bouguer "Courageous in the face of monsters ... the man who saved the Seven Seas ... and a true friend." | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicle]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicle]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Neptune Slaughter]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Pierre Bouguer, Cryptid Hunter]] | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bouguer Pierre Bouguer] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bouguer Pierre Bouguer] @ Wikipedia | ||
Latest revision as of 19:12, 20 November 2021
Pierre Bouguer (French: [buˈge]) (16 February 1698, Croisic – 15 August 1758, Paris) was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as "the father of naval architecture".
His father, Jean Bouguer, one of the best hydrographers of his time, was regius professor of hydrography at Le Croisic in lower Brittany, and author of a treatise on navigation. He taught his sons Pierre and Jan at their home, where he also taught private students. In 1714, at the age of 16, Pierre was appointed to succeed his deceased father as professor of hydrography. In 1727 he gained the prize given by the French Academy of Sciences for his paper On the masting of ships, beating Leonhard Euler; and two other prizes, one for his dissertation On the best method of observing the altitude of stars at sea, the other for his paper On the best method of observing the variation of the compass at sea. These were published in the Prix de l'Académie des Sciences.
In 1729 he published Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière, the object of which is to define the quantity of light lost by passing through a given extent of the atmosphere, and became the first known discoverer of what is now more commonly known as the Beer-Lambert law. He found the light of the sun to be 300 times more intense than that of the moon, and thus made some of the earliest measurements in photometry. In 1730 he was made professor of hydrography at Havre, and succeeded Pierre Louis Maupertuis as associate geometer of the Academy of Sciences. He also invented a heliometer, afterwards perfected by Joseph von Fraunhofer. He was afterwards promoted in the Academy to the place of Maupertuis, and went to reside in Paris.
In 1735 Bouguer sailed with Charles Marie de La Condamine on a scientific mission to Peru, to measure a degree of the meridian arc near the equator. Ten years were spent in this operation, a full account of which was published by Bouguer in 1749, La figure de la terre. In 1746 he published the first treatise of naval architecture, Traité du navire, which among other achievements first explained the use of the metacenter as a measure of ships' stability. His later writings were nearly all upon the theory of navigation and naval architecture.
In January 1750 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In the News
Pierre Bouguer, Cryptid Hunter is a real-time television program which follows the adventures of alleged time-traveler Pierre Bouguer, "the father of naval architecture."
Art critic and alleged time-traveler The Eel grapples with marine cryptid Neptune Slaughter, buying time for Pierre Bouguer to design and generate The Nacreum, a transdimensional naval prison capable of holding Slaughter within a shell of artificially intelligent nacre.
Art critic and alleged math criminal The Eel calls Pierre Bouguer "Courageous in the face of monsters ... the man who saved the Seven Seas ... and a true friend."
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Pierre Bouguer @ Wikipedia