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Physicist, French Revolution & Empire, 19th Century
Born Arthur MORIN
French physicist
Born on October 19, 1795 in Paris , France
Died on February 7, 1880 in Paris , France
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... Arthur Jules Morin (19 October 1795 – 7 February 1880) was a French physicist. He conducted experiments in mechanics and invented the Morin dynamometer. He introduced the term coefficient of friction and demonstrated its utility.In 1850, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. He was conferred with Honorary Membership of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1859.[1] He was named as one of the 23 "Men of Tribology" by Duncan Dowson.
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Morin biography at St Andrews University
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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