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See also: born at See also: Montpellier on the rlth of See also: November 1688, and entered the See also: order of the See also: Jesuits in 1703
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Having studied literature, he afterwards devoted himself entirely to See also: mathematics and natural philosophy
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He wrote several scientific See also: works, that which attracted most See also: attention at the See also: time being his Optique See also: des couleurs (1740), or See also: treatise on the melody of See also: colours
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He endeavoured to illustrate the subject by a See also: clavecin oculaire, or ocular harpsichord; but the treatise and the See also: illustration were quickly forgotten
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He also wrote Mathematique universelle (1728) and Traite de physique sur la pesanteur universelle des corps (1724)
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He also published a critical account of the See also: system of See also: Sir Isaac See also: Newton in French in 1743
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