Morin

Arthur Jules Morin

Born: 19 Oct 1795 in Paris, France
Died: 7 Feb 1880 in Paris, France

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Morin was a student at the École Polytechnique and took up a military career, becoming professor at Metz. Then, in 1839, he became professor at Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, becoming its director in 1849.

Morin was an applied mathematician and he wrote on friction and hydraulics, in particular writing on turbines and water-wheels.

References:

  1. C Fontanon, Un ingenieur militaire au service de l'industrialisation : Arthur-Jules Morin (1795-1880), Cahiers d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences 29 (1990), 90-118.
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