Jean-André Lepaute (23 November 1720 – 11 April 1789), together with his younger brother Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (6 February 1727 – 18 March 1802), was a...
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the biggest discoveries of her time. In August 1748, she married Jean-André Lepaute, a royal clockmaker in the Luxembourg Palace. Her marriage gave her...
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Lepaute may refer to: Jean-André Lepaute (1720-1789), French clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727-1802), French clockmaker Nicole-Reine Lepaute or Hortense...
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clock with rotating annular dial by Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727–1802), the younger brother of Jean-André Lepaute. It is the only eighteenth-century clock...
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watchmaker, London, marine chronometer. Jean André Lepaute (1720–1789), French royal watchmaker, Paris. Jean Antoine Lépine (1720–1814), French watchmaker...
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compact. The first man to take an interest in this new invention was Jean-André Lepaute, the royal clockmaker in France, whose clocks could be found in the...
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well liked by his men. Among his crew there were ten scientists: Joseph Lepaute Dagelet (1751–1788), an astronomer and mathematician; Robert de Lamanon...
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clockmakers Jean-André and Jean-Baptiste Lepaute, who held the brevet horlogers du Roi. Through his aunt, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, wife of Jean-André, he discovered...
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other important inventions such as: He modified Jean-André Lepaute's virgule escapement. Thanks to Jean Antoine Lépine, it would be used for some twenty...
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version of the French given name Hortense, referring to the wife of Jean-André Lepaute. In Japan the name for this species is ko-ajisai meaning small hydrangea...
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Courty Joseph Lepaute Dagelet Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly Marie-Charles Damoiseau André-Louis Danjon Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix Jean Baptiste Joseph...
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optician John Dollond, a high-precision clock from the French maître Jean-André Lepaute, and a meridian bezel, crafted by Jeremiah Sisson, to better calculate...
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France (born 1700) 6 December - Nicole-Reine Lepaute, astronomer (born 1723) 8 December - Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, Admiral (born 1729)...
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Bernard Bernard, French Catholic priest and missionary in Norway. Jean-André Lepaute, French clockmaker. In 2007, among 91 people of working age (15–64...
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name. The clock on the front of the church was made by Augustin Henry-Lepaute in 1886. It replaced a clock made by Niot & Chaponnel was installed circa...
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heliometer at the Pic du Midi Observatory MPC · 7718 7720 Lepaute 4559 P-L Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723–1788), a French astronomer and mathematician, who...
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would honor the orbit computer Nicole-Reine Etable de la Briere Hortense Lepaute. JPL · 13116 13117 Pondicherry 1993 TW38 Pondicherry is a city on the Coromandel...
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(1934-2019) WGPSN Lepaute 33°18′S 33°41′W / 33.3°S 33.69°W / -33.3; -33.69 (Lepaute) 16.36 1935 Nicole-Reine Etable de la Briere Lepaute (1723–1788) WGPSN...
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Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734–1797) Naturalist: Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749 or 1750–1798) Astronomer: Joseph Lepaute Dagelet Cook's Third Voyage to find the...
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Leavitt John Lee (astronomer) Pierre Charles Lemonnier Nicole-Reine Lepaute Jean Antoine Letronne Tullio Levi-Civita Anders Johan Lexell Aloysius Lilius...
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Indian general, Sultan of Mysore (d. 1782) 1723 January 5 – Nicole-Reine Lepaute, French astronomer, mathematician (d. 1788) January 11 – Prithvi Narayan...
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Retrieved 13 December 2011. "Andres Villareal". Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Andres Villareal. Brooklyn Museum...
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Benedict Arnold gives detailed plans of West Point to Major John André. Three days later, André is captured, with papers revealing that Arnold was planning...
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