Louis Poinsot
1777 - 1859
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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.
Mathematicians born in the same country
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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 | |
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