georges-louis lesage

Georges-Louis Lesage (1724 - 1803) was a Swiss physicist. He was born in Geneva to French parents, his mother a descendant of Thodore Agrippa d'Aubign. He studied medicine in Paris and practiced there for several years before returning to Switzerland to devote his life to mathematics and, in particular, a search for the mechanisms of gravity. He proposed a kinetic theory of gravity and, in 1774, realised an early electric telegraph. The telegraph had a separate wire for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet and its range was only between two rooms of his home. He was a close associate of Charles Bonnet.

Bibliography

"Lucrce newtonien", Mmoires de l'Acadmie de Berlin, (1782)
Some other fragments together with a biographical notice were published in Geneva in 1805 by Antoine Franois, l'abb Prvost.

LeSage, Georges-Louis LeSage, Georges-Louis

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

darkover series
medieval university (asia)
princess anna amalia of prussia
paraguay at the 2004 summer olympics
music festivals of estonia
lightning ridge
someplace good
august blues festival
fable (video game)
ejer bavnehj
banshay

naban
seine river (disambiguation)
dirranbandi, queensland
lerdrit
sikaran
viljandi folk festival
yding skovhj
panandata
list of best selling singles
elka graham
kamilaroi highway

reidgotaland
james allen (new zealand)
list of best selling albums
giddha
bernhard studer
veerle casteleyn
ilfov
arnold escher von der linth
seine river (ontario)
mount lindesay highway
jules marcou

yuan mei
c2b
parque del buen retiro
to catch the uncatchable
george julius poulett scrope
bowling for soup
woodenbong
edward daniel clarke
conistorgis
english river (ontario)
william hallowes miller