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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments
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<h2 id="nicholas-bion">Nicholas Bion</h2> <p>Nicholas Bion (<a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>: <i>Nicolas Bion</i> [bjɔ̃]; 1652–1733)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> was a French <a href="/facts/Scientific_instrument/NX2ldw1E">instrument</a> maker and <a href="/facts/Author/9pcsEamu">author</a> with <a href="/facts/Workshops/Y4FvIpVA">workshops</a> in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>. He was king's <a href="/facts/Engineer/ph4TnHnG">engineer</a> for mathematical instruments. He died in Paris in 1733 aged 81. </p> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <p>Bion is the <a href="/facts/Author/9pcsEamu">author</a> of the following:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>L'usage des Globes Célestes et Terrestres et des sphères suivant les differents systèmes du Monde</i> (Amsterdam, 1700)</li> <li><i>Usage des Astrolabes</i></li> <li><i>Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique</i> (Paris, 1709) <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hCBsMtXEsx4C&dq=">(online version)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Dictionary_of_Scientific_Biography/qMA96GhQ">Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography</a></i>. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2008. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-684-31559-1.</li></ul> <ul><li>Kern, Ralf (2010). <i>Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in ihrer Zeit. Vom 15. – 19. Jahrhundert</i>. Köln: König, Walther. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-86560-772-0.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.c82.net/math-instruments/">Online edition</a></li> <li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/cybermuseum_files/bell_book_files/books.htm">Bell Book Collection</a> at the Microsoft Cybermuseum</li> <li><a href="http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/scientific-identity/fullsize/SIL14-B4-04a.jpg">Portrait of Nicholas Bion</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathematique. : Avec les figures necessaires pour l'intelligence de ce traité ... OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. OCLC 48599327. Retrieved 2010-02-02. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48599327" target="_blank">https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48599327</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Craik, Alex D D (January 2004). "Stone_Edmund biography". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. University of St Andrews Scotland. Retrieved 2010-02-02. <a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Stone_Edmund.html" target="_blank">http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Stone_Edmund.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Knight, David M. (1975). Sources for the history of science 1660-1914. London: The Sources of History Ltd. p. 202. Retrieved 2009-02-02. <a href="/wiki/David_M._Knight" target="_blank">/wiki/David_M._Knight</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Mottelay, Paul Fleury (2008). Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism. Read Books. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4437-2844-7. Retrieved 2009-02-02. <a href="978-1-4437-2844-7" target="_blank">978-1-4437-2844-7</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Mottelay, Paul Fleury (2008). Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism. Read Books. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4437-2844-7. Retrieved 2009-02-02. <a href="978-1-4437-2844-7" target="_blank">978-1-4437-2844-7</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>