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Francois Joseph Des Camus

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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FRANCOIS JOSEPH DES CAMUS (1672-1732), French mechanician, was born near St Mihiel, on the 14th of September 167 2. After studying for the church, he devoted himself to mechanical inventions, a number of which he described in his Traite des forces niouvantes pour la pratique des arts et metiers, Paris, 1722. He died in England in 1732.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Francois Joseph Des Camus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​f/francois-joseph-des-camus.html. 1910.
 
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