Maupertuis

[ moh-per-twee ]

/ moʊ pɛrˈtwi /

Pierre Louis Mo·reau de

[pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/,1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.

Example sentences from the Web for maupertuis

Maupertuis' chief scientific performance was his mission to Lapland to determine the measurement of a degree of longitude in 1736.

A Short History of French Literature |George Saintsbury
Algarotti has already the honor of some acquaintance with Maupertuis.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
Maupertuis is well known at Cirey; such a lion could not fail there.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
In 1765 Grimm describes the principle of Leibnitz and Maupertuis as “gaining on us on every side.”

Diderot and the Encyclopdists |John Morley

He requested of Maupertuis to come to Berlin, to settle an academy, in terms of great ardour and great condescension.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6 |Samuel Johnson

Maupertuis

/ (French mopɛrtɥi) /

Pierre Louis Moreau de (pjɛr lwi mɔro də). 1698–1759, French mathematician, who originated the principle of least action (or Maupertuis principle)