Louis Achille Brocot (pronounced "broco") (11 July 1817 – 19 January 1878) was a French clockmaker and amateur mathematician. He is known for his discovery...
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The Stern–Brocot tree was introduced independently by Moritz Stern (1858) and Achille Brocot (1861). Stern was a German number theorist; Brocot was a French...
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clockmaker. Delettrez and Achille Brocot, son of the respected clockmaker Louis-Gabriel Brocot, established the clockmaking company "Brocot et Delettrez" in Paris...
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William Bourne (innkeeper) Nathaniel Bowditch (indentured bookkeeper) Achille Brocot (clockmaker) Jost Bürgi (clockmaker) Marvin Ray Burns (veteran) Gerolamo...
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Breguet; Paris (1775–1823) Louis-Gabriel Brocot; Paris (1791–1872) Achille Brocot; Paris (1817–1878) Antoine Brocot; Paris (1814–1874) Jean-Baptiste Delettrez;...
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chronometer, precision pendulum clock. Achille Brocot (1817–1878), French clockmaker, Paris, improvement of the Brocot escapement. Auguste Grether (1817–1879)...
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Dennison, United Kingdom Abraham Louis Breguet, France and Switzerland Achille Brocot, France Adolf Scheibe [de], Germany Antide Janvier, France Antoine Cronier...
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Trains (1947), which included a Brocot table derived from the work of the French clockmaker and mathematician Achille Brocot. He complained that gearing was...
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Pin-pallet escapement (section Brocot escapement)
to the Roskopf above, is the Brocot escapement, invented in 1823 by Louis-Gabriel Brocot and improved by his son Achille, and used in 19th century French...
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