Pierre Ango

Pierre Ango (20 April 1640, Rouen – 18 October 1694, La Flèche) was a French Catholic priest and scientist.¹²

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

[1] Pierre Ango (1640-1694) Bibliothèque nationale de France

[2] Agustín, Udías (2015). Jesuit Contribution to Science. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-08364-3.

[3] L'Optique at Google Books

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