Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier

Grave in Dillingen/Saar 1919-1929

Grave in Wallerfangen since 1929

Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier (16 June 1832 – 4 October 1913) was a French engineer who graduated from the École polytechnique. He made a career 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] [3]}

References

1. ↑ Mathematical tutorial of the Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage
2. ↑ How to draw a straight line by Daina Taimina
3. ↑ Note sur le Losange Articulé du Commandant du Génie Peaucellier, destiné a remplacer le Parallélogramme de Watt (in French)