Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy FRS FRSE (/ k oʊ ˈ ʃ iː /, koh-SHEE; French: [oɡystɛ̃ lwi koʃi]; 21 August 1789 – 23 May 1857) was a French mathematician, engineer, and physicist who made pioneering contributions to several branches of mathematics, including mathematical analysis and continuum mechanics.He was one of the first to state and rigorously prove theorems of …

Saratov (UK: / s ə ˈ r ɑː t ɒ f /, US: /-t ə f /; Russian: Сара́тов, IPA: [sɐˈratəf] ()) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd.As of the 2021 Census, Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the 17th-largest city in Russia by population. Saratov is 389 kilometres (242 mi ...

The Battle of Smolensk was the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia.It took place on 16–18 August 1812 and involved about 45,000 men of the Grande Armée under Emperor Napoleon I against about 30,000 Russian troops under General Barclay de Tolly. Napoleon occupied Smolensk by driving out Prince Pyotr Bagration's Second Army. The French artillery …

The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool which has been used since ancient times.It was used in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. The exact origin of the abacus has not yet emerged. It consists of rows of movable beads, or similar objects, strung …

Polykleitos the elder (c. 450–420 BC) was a Greek sculptor from the school of Argos, and a contemporary of Phidias.His works and statues consisted mainly of bronze and were of athletes. According to the philosopher and mathematician Xenocrates, Polykleitos is ranked as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity for his work on the Doryphorus and the statue of …

Alrededor de 1820 Jean-Victor Poncelet diseñó una turbina de flujo interno que usaba los mismos principios, y S. B. Howd obtuvo en 1838 una patente en los EE. UU. para un diseño similar. En 1848 James B. Francis mejoró estos diseños y desarrolló una turbina con el 90% de eficiencia. Aplicó principios y métodos de prueba científicos ...

This is a list of schools in France. Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Paris; École Canadienne Bilingue de Paris; Notre-Dame International High School, Verneuil-sur-Seine; L’Ensemble Scolaire Maurice-Tièche, Collonges-sous-Salève; Lycée Thiers, Marseille; La Martiniere Lyon, Lyon; Lycée International de Saint Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye; Lycée Louis-le …

Ces 72 noms s'étalent sur la frise du premier étage de la tour Eiffel, à raison de 18 noms sur chacune des quatre faces. Chaque nom occupe l'espace entre deux poutrelles.. Ils sont inscrits en lettres capitales, dorées, en relief, de 60 cm de haut.. Seul le nom de famille apparaît, ce que retrace le tableau ci-dessous en y apportant des informations supplémentaires.

1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867) 1804 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (d. 1886) 1804 – George Sand, French author and playwright (d. 1876) 1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and educator, founder of Clemson University (d. 1888)

Metz (/ ˈ m ɛ t s / METS, French: (), Latin: Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg, the city …