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    Duillier (French pronunciation: [dɥije]) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Duillier is first mentioned in...
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    Nicolas Fatio de Duillier FRS (also spelled Faccio or Facio; 16 February 1664 – 10 May 1753) was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor...
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    Duillier Castle is a castle in the municipality of Duillier of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance...
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    criticism. He was close to the Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. In 1691, Duillier started to write a new version of Newton's Principia, and corresponded...
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    1943 to avoid getting arrested by the Germans. He died at his home in Duillier, Switzerland, in 1952, aged 73. When Seán Lester replaced him as secretary-general...
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    Characters include Sir Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, William of Orange, Louis XIV of France, Oliver Cromwell, Peter the Great...
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  • sources state that it was first explained this way by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, in 1684, whom Cassini advised to study the zodiacal light. The Islamic...
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    road to Duillier is accessible from the bus stop "Mimorey". This stop is situated at the border with the municipalities of Coinsins, Duillier and Givrins...
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  • 1707. The picture shows Élie Marion, Jean Daudé, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, leaders of the so-called French prophets, standing on the scaffold at...
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    were developed to make better use of sunlight. In 1699, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier even suggested using a tracking mechanism which could pivot to follow the...
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    bearings were invented in 1704 for use in watches by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Peter Debaufre, and Jacob Debaufre, who received an English patent for...
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    Quare that enabled the hands to be actuated together. Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, a Swiss natural philosopher, is credited with the design of the first...
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    were invented and introduced in watches by Nicolas Fatio (or Facio) de Duillier and Pierre and Jacob Debaufre around 1702 to reduce friction. They did...
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  • is a kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges-Louis Le Sage in 1748. The theory proposed...
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    was no reason to suspect Leibniz's good faith. In 1699, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, a Swiss mathematician known for his work on the zodiacal light problem...
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    able to meet several famous people like John Locke and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. Newton was able to form life-long bonds with these two figures in the...
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    code(s) 1197 SFOS number 5725 ISO 3166 code CH-VD Surrounded by Nyon, Duillier, Coinsins, Vich, Gland Website www.prangins.ch Profile (in French), SFSO...
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    introduced in England in 1702 by the Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, also came into use for quality watches during this period. Watches of...
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  • Royal Society, and diplomat for the House of Stuart. Nicolas Fatio de Duillier Judge Jeffreys, Lord Chancellor of England Robert Hooke, English natural...
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    is the result of bodies emitting waves in the aether. Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1690) and Georges-Louis Le Sage (1748) proposed a corpuscular model using...
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    code(s) 1270 SFOS number 5730 ISO 3166 code CH-VD Surrounded by Nyon, Duillier, Givrins, Saint-Cergue, Gingins, Grens Website www.trelex.ch Profile (in...
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    SFOS number 5724 ISO 3166 code CH-VD Surrounded by Crans-près-Céligny, Duillier, Eysins, Grens, Messery (FR-74), Prangins, Signy-Avenex, Trélex Twin towns...
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    almost severed connections with one would-be editor, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and another, David Gregory seems not to have met with his approval and...
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  • 18th–19th-century Swiss colonist of Florida Jean-Christophe Fatio de Duillier, 17th–18th-century Genevan natural philosopher Johannes Fatio, 17th-century...
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  • Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (d. 1729) February 26 – Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Swiss mathematician (d. 1753) March 4 – Juan de Esteyneffer, Moravian...
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  • explanation, and was developed for the first time by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690, and re-invented, among others, by Georges-Louis Le Sage (1748)...
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    Champvent Châtelard Chillon Les Clées Coppet Crans Crêtes Curtilles Donneloye Duillier Dully D'En-Bas Grandcour Grandson Guévaux Hauteville L'Isle Lucens Luins...
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  • Corcelles-près-Payerne Corsier-sur-Vevey Crans Crassier Daillens Denges Dizy Dompierre Duillier Échandens Éclépens Grens Gilly Grancy Grandevent Jouxtens-Mézery L'Isle...
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    Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (d. 1729) February 26 – Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Swiss mathematician (d. 1753) March 4 – Juan de Esteyneffer, Moravian...
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  • Postal code(s) 1267 SFOS number 5710 ISO 3166 code CH-VD Surrounded by Duillier, Prangins, Vich, Genolier Website www.coinsins.ch Profile (in French),...
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