Pierre Ango
Pierre Ango (1640 in Rouen – 18 October 1694 in La Flèche) was a French Catholic priest and scientist.[1][2]
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He was a professor at the College of La Flèche. In 1682, he published parts of Pardies' work on optics in his book Optique.[3] In this work, Ango provided a construction for refraction which was not dissimilar that of Hooke.
Works
- 1682 - L'Optique divisée en trois livres (Optics divided in three books)
Notes
- Pierre Ango (1640-1694) Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Agustín, Udías (2015). Jesuit Contribution to Science. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-08364-3.
- L'Optique at Google Books
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