Le Roy, Pierre, 1717-1785
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- Roy, Pierre le, 1717-1785
- Leroy, M. (Pierre), 1717-1785
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1717
Death Date
- 1785
Birth Place
- Paris (France)
Associated Language
- French
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Longitude--Measurement
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Lettre à Monsieur le baron de Marivets, contenant diverses recherches sur la nature, les propriétés & la propagation de la lumière, 1785:t.p. (M. Leroy)
- found: British Museum web site, viewed 25 February 2022:britishmuseum.org (Pierre Le Roy, watch and clock maker born in Paris 1717, succeeded his father, Julien Le Roy, as clockmaker to the king; performed and published research on temperature compensation, marine chronometry; died 1785 near Paris)
- found: Hyamson, A. A dictionary of universal biography, 1951:(Le Roy, Pierre: Fr. horologist, 1717-1785)
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Change Notes
- 1997-09-04: new
- 2022-03-18: revised
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