Mersenne

[ mer-sen; French mer-sen ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Mersenne ('Harmonie universelle,' Paris, 1636) mentions him as a brilliant player.

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Mersenne's statements thus seem to uphold the theory that Afranio's phagotus was only a double flte colonne with bellows.

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There is no evidence that the phagotus contained a reed, which would account for Mersenne calling the pipes flutes.

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Hartlib, though he scarcely takes rank with Mersenne as a scientist, was no less influential.

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See also M. Mersenne, Harmonie universelle (Paris, 1636), livre ii.

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