Louis Poinsot

1777 - 1859

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Louis Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, investigating how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.

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List of References (2 books/articles)

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A Poster of Louis Poinsot

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A comment from Thomas Hirst's diary

Honours awarded to Louis Poinsot
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Fellow of the Royal Society 1858
Lunar features Crater Poinsot
Paris street names Rue Poinsot (14th Arrondissement)
Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower

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Honours awarded to Louis Poinsot (Click below for those honoured in this way)
Fellow of the Royal Society	1858
Lunar features	Crater Poinsot
Paris street names	Rue Poinsot (14th Arrondissement)
Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower