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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

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Birthplace: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: September 19, 1843 (51)
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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About Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (French: [%C9%A1aspa%CA%81 ɡystav də kɔʁjɔlis]; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the Coriolis effect. He was the first to apply the term travail (translated as "work") for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance.

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Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis's Timeline

1792
May 21, 1792
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
1843
September 19, 1843
Age 51
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France