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Edme Mariotte
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It is catalogued under topics including 1620 births, 1684 deaths and 17th-century French botanists.
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1620 , Til-Châtel , France
- Died
- 12 May 1684 (aged 63-64), Paris , France
- Known for
- Mariotte's bottle , Boyle–Mariotte law , Blind spot , Design of the first Newton's cradle
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Dijon
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- physicist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Edme Mariotte.png
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- date of death
- 1684-05-12
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Edme Mariotte
- name in native language
- Edme Mariotte
- writing language
- French
- date of birth
- 1620-00-00
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
Edme Mariotte (/ˌmɑːriˈɒt/; French: [ɛdmə maʁjɔt]; c. 1620 – 12 May 1684) was a French physicist and priest (abbé). He is particularly well known for formulating Boyle's law independently of Robert Boyle. Mariotte is also credited with designing the first Newton's cradle.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edme Mariotte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.