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Guillaume Amontons

1663 - 1705

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Guillaume Amontons (31 August 1663 – 11 October 1705) was a French scientific instrument inventor and physicist. He was one of the pioneers in studying the problem of friction, which is the resistance to motion when bodies make contact. He is also known for his work on thermodynamics, the concept of absolute zero, and early engine design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Amontons is the 166th most popular inventor (up from 170th in 2019), the 2,163rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,180th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Guillaume Amontons ranks 166 out of 426. Before him are Edwin Howard Armstrong, Elizabeth Holmes, Zacharias Janssen, Oliver Lodge, Georg Luger, and Alfred Vail. After him are Robert Watson-Watt, Robert Metcalfe, Charles Algernon Parsons, Jang Yeong-sil, John Ericsson, and Sandford Fleming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1663, Guillaume Amontons ranks 5. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Thomas Newcomen, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, and Árni Magnússon. After him are Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, August Hermann Francke, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Luca Carlevarijs, Agafya Grushetskaya, and Ogata Kenzan. Among people deceased in 1705, Guillaume Amontons ranks 14. Before him are Catherine of Braganza, John Ray, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, and Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Bada Shanren, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Ernst Glück, and Justine Siegemund.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Amontons ranks 2,163 out of 6,770. Before him are Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), François-Xavier Ortoli (1925), Tristan Corbière (1845), Henri Mouhot (1826), Paul Nizan (1905), and André Courrèges (1923). After him are Joseph Meister (1876), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Peire Vidal (1140), Albéric Magnard (1865), and Émile Augier (1820).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Guillaume Amontons ranks 24. Before him are André Michelin (1853), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Louis Le Prince (1841), Henri Giffard (1825), and Joseph Monier (1823). After him are Charles Cros (1842), Émile Baudot (1845), Georges Claude (1870), Édouard Branly (1844), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), and Wan Hu (1510).

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