Pierre Lemonnier

Who was Pierre Lemonnier?

Pierre Lemonnier was a French astronomer, a Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Collège d'Harcourt, and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Lemonnier published the 6-volume Latin university textbook Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accommodatus which consisted of the following volumes:

Volume 1 - Logica

Volume 2 - Metaphysica

Volume 3 - Physica Generalis including mechanics and geometry

Volume 4 - Physica Particularis including astronomy, optics, chemistry, gravity, and Newtonian versus Cartesian dynamics

Volume 5 - Physica Particularis including fluid mechanics, human anatomy, magnetism, and miscellaneous subjects

Volume 6 - Moralis including appendices on trigonometry and sundials

He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis Guillaume Le Monnier.