Pierre Lemonnier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ləmɔnje]; aka Petro Lemonnier; 28 June 1675 in Saint-Sever – 27 November 1757 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French astronomer, a professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Collège d'Harcourt (University of Paris), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Lemonnier published the 6-volume Latin university textbook Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accommodatus (Paris, 1750/1754) which consisted of the following volumes (generally consistent with the Ratio Studiorum):
- Volume 1 - Logica
- Volume 2 - Metaphysica
- Volume 3 - Physica Generalis including mechanics and geometry
- Volume 4 - Physica Particularis (Part I) including astronomy (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic), optics, chemistry, gravity, and Newtonian versus Cartesian dynamics
- Volume 5 - Physica Particularis (Part II) including fluid mechanics, human anatomy, magnetism, and miscellaneous subjects (earthquakes, electricity, botany, metallurgy, etc. ...)
- Volume 6 - Moralis including appendices on trigonometry and sundials
He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier.
See also
- Johann Baptiste Horvath
- Andreas Jaszlinszky
- Edmond Pourchot
- Philip of the Blessed Trinity
- Charles Morton
References
- "Pierre Lemonnier". www.cosmovisions.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Lippincott, 1901.
- "Éloge historique de Lemmonier - Wikisource". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- Pierre Lemonnier (1754). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. apud Jacobum Rollin. pp. 220–.
- Pierre Lemonnier (1754). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. Apud Jacobum Rollin. pp. 240–.
- Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus (in Latin).
- Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus (in Latin). apud Ludovicum Genneau.
- Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus (in Latin). apud Ludovicum Genneau.
- Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus (in Latin).