Jean Pigeon Explained

Jean Pigeon d'Osangis (born 1654, Donzy; died 1739) was a French physicist and mathematician, noted for the construction of planispheres.^{[1] [2]}

He was also a globe maker.^[3] In the University of Wrocław's map collection, there survives one of only two remaining examples of a 7-cm terrestrial pocket globe that Pigeon published in 1717.^[4]

He was the father of Marie Anne Victoire Pigeon.

He was a member of the Paris Society of Arts.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Denis Diderot. Jacques the Fatalist and His Master. registration. 1999. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-283874-2. 245.
2. Web site: Jean Pigeon. Museo Galileo. 2018-12-13.
3. Web site: Pigeon d'Onsangis, Jean. Beaudouin . Denis. Brenni. Paolo. Turner. Anthony. Dictionary of precision Instrument-makers and related craftsmen. Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL). 31 March 2024.
4. Szykuła. Krystyna. Remarkable Globes in the Wrocław (Breslau) University Library's Map Collection. 2005. Globe Studies. 51/52. 103–108. 23993599.
5. Book: Lloyd Strickland. Lloyd Strickland. The Philosophical Writings of Prémontval. 28 March 2018. Lexington Books. 978-1-4985-6357-4. 15.
6. Book: Paola Bertucci. Artisanal Enlightenment: Science and the Mechanical Arts in Old Regime France. 2017. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-22741-3. 105.