Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier

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Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier (18321913) was a French engineer who graduated from the École polytechnique. He made a carrier in the French army and was promoted to général de division in 1888.

He is best known for the Peaucellier-Lipkin linkage which was partly named after him.[1] [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mathematical tutorial of the Peaucellier-Lipkin linkage
  2. ^ How to draw a straight line by Daina Taimina


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