Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier Explained

Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier (16 June 1832  - 4 October 1919)^[1] was a French engineer who graduated from the École polytechnique. He made a career in the French army and was promoted to général de division in 1888.

He is best known for the Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage which was partly named after him.^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH176/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL2077021V001.htm
2. http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/tutorials/11/ Mathematical tutorial of the Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage
3. http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/tutorials/04/ How to draw a straight line by Daina Taimina
4. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/23/68/20/PDF/ajp-jphystap_1873_2_130_1.pdf Note sur le Losange Articulé du Commandant du Génie Peaucellier, destiné a remplacer le Parallélogramme de Watt (in French)