Jean Pigeon

Jean Pigeon d'Osangis (born 1654, Donzy, Nivernais; 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]}

References

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