Pierre Lemonnier (physicist) explained

Pierre Lemonnier (pronounced as /fr/; aka Petro Lemonnier; 28 June 1675 in Saint-Sever  - 27 November 1757 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French astronomer, a professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Collège d'Harcourt (University of Paris), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Lemonnier published the 6-volume Latin university textbook Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accommodatus (Paris, 1750/1754) which consisted of the following volumes (generally consistent with the Ratio Studiorum):

• Volume 1 - Logica^[4]
• Volume 2 - Metaphysica^[5]
• Volume 3 - Physica Generalis^[6] including mechanics and geometry
• Volume 4 - Physica Particularis (Part I)^[7] including astronomy (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic), optics, chemistry, gravity, and Newtonian versus Cartesian dynamics
• Volume 5 - Physica Particularis (Part II)^[8] including fluid mechanics, human anatomy, magnetism, and miscellaneous subjects (earthquakes, electricity, botany, metallurgy, etc. ...)
• Volume 6 - Moralis^[9] including appendices on trigonometry and sundials

He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier.

See also

• Johann Baptiste Horvath
• Andreas Jaszlinszky
• Edmond Pourchot
• Philip of the Blessed Trinity
• Charles Morton

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pierre Lemonnier.. www.cosmovisions.com. 2016-03-24.
2. Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Lippincott, 1901.
3. Web site: Éloge historique de Lemmonier - Wikisource . 2010-11-25 . 2012-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305195718/http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/%C3%89loge_historique_de_Lemmonier . dead .
4. Book: Pierre Lemonnier. Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. 1754. apud Jacobum Rollin. 220–.
5. Book: Pierre Lemonnier. Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. 1754. Apud Jacobum Rollin. 240–.
6. Book: Lemonnier, Pierre. Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus. 1750-01-01. la.
7. Book: Lemonnier, Pierre. Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. 1750-01-01. apud Ludovicum Genneau. la.
8. Book: Lemonnier, Pierre. Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. 1750-01-01. apud Ludovicum Genneau. la.
9. Book: Lemonnier, Pierre. Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus. 1750-01-01. la.