Pierre Méchain
Also known as Pierre François André Méchain, Pierre Mechain
French mathematician and astronomer (1744-1804)
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- Born
- 1744
- Died
- 1804
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- 5
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- Exposé des opérations faites en France en 1787, pour la jonction des observatoires de Paris et de Greenwich
- Base du système m`etrique décimal
- Base du système métrique décimal
- Base du système métrique décimal
- Grundlagen des dezimalen metrischen systems
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Pierre François André Méchain ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃dʁe meʃɛ̃]; 16 August 1744 – 20 September 1804) was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.
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