Pierre Lemonnier (physicist)

Cartesian planetary vortices, *Physica Particularis*, 1754.

Pierre Lemonnier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ləmɔnje]; aka Petro Lemonnier; 28 June 1675 in Saint-Sever – 27 November 1757 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French astronomer, a professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Collège d'Harcourt (University of Paris), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Lemonnier published the 6-volume Latin university textbook Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accommodatus (Paris, 1750/1754) which consisted of the following volumes (generally consistent with the Ratio Studiorum):

Volume 1 - Logica^[4]
Volume 2 - Metaphysica^[5]
Volume 3 - Physica Generalis^[6] including mechanics and geometry
Volume 4 - Physica Particularis (Part I)^[7] including astronomy (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic), optics, chemistry, gravity, and Newtonian versus Cartesian dynamics
Volume 5 - Physica Particularis (Part II)^[8] including fluid mechanics, human anatomy, magnetism, and miscellaneous subjects (earthquakes, electricity, botany, metallurgy, etc. ...)
Volume 6 - Moralis^[9] including appendices on trigonometry and sundials

He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier.

^ "Pierre Lemonnier". www.cosmovisions.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
^ Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Lippincott, 1901.
^ "Éloge historique de Lemmonier - Wikisource". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
^ Pierre Lemonnier (1754). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. apud Jacobum Rollin. pp. 220–.
^ Pierre Lemonnier (1754). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. Apud Jacobum Rollin. pp. 240–.
^ Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus (in Latin).
^ Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus (in Latin). apud Ludovicum Genneau.
^ Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus (in Latin). apud Ludovicum Genneau.
^ Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus (in Latin).

[1] "Pierre Lemonnier". www.cosmovisions.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.

[2] Thomas, Joseph. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Lippincott, 1901.

[3] "Éloge historique de Lemmonier - Wikisource". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-11-25.

[Lemonnier1754-4] Pierre Lemonnier (1754). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. apud Jacobum Rollin. pp. 220–.

[Lemonnier1754-2-5] Pierre Lemonnier (1754). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus. Apud Jacobum Rollin. pp. 240–.

[6] Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus (in Latin).

[7] Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus (in Latin). apud Ludovicum Genneau.

[8] Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus: ad scholarum usum accommodatus (in Latin). apud Ludovicum Genneau.

[9] Lemonnier, Pierre (1750-01-01). Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accomodatus (in Latin).

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