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Bernard Forest de Belidor

1693 - 1761

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Attribution: Image from Wikidata. External link, opens in new tab. Architecture hydraulique - seconde partie - tome premier - 1750

Born

1693

Catalonia, Spain

Died

08 September 1761

Paris, France

Nationality

French

Gender

Male

Date of election for Royal Society fellowship

03/11/1726

Relationships

Son of Jean Baptiste Foret de Belidor, officer of dragoons, and his wife, Marie Hébert; orphaned at five months old and brought up by the family of his godfather, an artillery officer named de Fossiébourg; married the daughter or granddaughter of de Fossiébourg

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Paper, 'Mémoire sur la mesure de l'aire des triangles sphériques' ['On measuring the area of spherical triangles'] by Mr [Bernard Forest] de Belidor
Creator: Bernard Forest de Belidor Reference number: CLP/1/46
Translation, 'Some thoughts concerning the measure of the area of spherical triangles' by M [Bernard Forest] de Belidor
Creator: Bernard Forest de Belidor Reference number: CLP/1/47
Paper, 'Discours sur la theorie de la poudre' [Concerning the theory of gunpowder] by [Bernard Forest] de Belidor
Creator: Bernard Forest de Belidor Reference number: CLP/3ii/22
Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to the Royal Society, dated at La Fere
Creator: Bernard Forest de Belidor Reference number: EL/B2/82
Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor [to the Royal Society], dated at La Fere
Creator: Bernard Forest de Belidor Reference number: EL/B2/83
Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to James Jurin, dated at La Fere
Creator: Bernard Forest de Belidor Reference number: EL/B2/84

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Letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor
Creator: Cromwell Mortimer Reference number: EL/M3/1
Copy of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London
Creator: Cromwell Mortimer Reference number: EL/M3/2
Translation of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London
Creator: Cromwell Mortimer Reference number: EL/M3/3
Translation of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London
Creator: Cromwell Mortimer Reference number: EL/M3/4

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Cromwell Mortimer
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