Mersenne

[ mer-sen; French mer-sen ]

noun

1. Ma·rin [m, a, -, ran], 1588–1648, French mathematician.

Example Sentences

‘Ignorant Columbus,’ wrote Marin Mersenne in 1625, ‘discovered the New World; yet Lactantius, learned theologian, and Xenophanes, wise philosopher, had denied it.’

From Literature

In France, Mersenne received a rather garbled account of Torricelli’s experiment and tried unsuccessfully to reproduce it, but he lacked the right sort of glass tube.

From Literature

Pascal sent copies of his booklet to all his friends in Paris and to every town in France where he thought there were people who might be interested in reading it—presumably, to the local booksellers, for somewhere between fifteen and thirty copies went to Clermont-Ferrand alone; Mersenne sent copies to Sweden, Poland, Germany, Italy, and indeed all over the place.

From Literature

This experiment is known as ‘Pascal’s barrel’, although there is no evidence he conducted it himself; he did conduct experiments designed to illustrate the principle involved, but that had already been described by Mersenne.

From Literature

In France, Marin Mersenne went to elaborate lengths in 1633 to replicate Galileo’s experiments and conduct accurate measurements.

From Literature