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Jean Mercier(CNRS Director General)
Jean Mercier may refer to: * Jean Mercier (engineer) (1901–1971), French engineer * Jean Le Mercier (died 1397), French politician, advisor to kings Charles V and Charles VI * Jean Mercier (Hebraist) (died 1570), French Hebraist * Jean Ernest Mercier (1840–1907), French translator, historian and politician See also * Jean Mercer (fl. 1950s–2010s), American developmental psychologist and professor {{hndis, Mercier, Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mercier (engineer)
Jean Mercier (1901–1971), a Frenchman, was known as the father of the bladder-type hydraulic accumulator. Mercier fled France for the United States during the Nazi invasion, eventually settling in New York City. After meeting Edward M. Greer in 1940, the two founded Greer Hydraulics (in 1942) to produce aircraft hydraulic components. In 1943, Jean Mercier recognized an opportunity for his bladder type accumulators in Hamilton Standard's hydromatic propellers. They needed a device that would fit inside the dome of their propeller, and have the ability to store sufficient hydraulic fluid to "feather" the propeller on an engine failure that might be experienced in combat. It also had to be able to function at temperatures from −40 °F to +180 °F. There was a single insurmountable problem—weight, which was a problem since World War II aircraft were quite small. The use of a gas/oil separator, today called a bladder, solved the problem. Greer and Mercier formed a pate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Le Mercier
Jean Le Mercier, who died 3 July 1397, Lord of Nouvion, was a French politician, advisor to kings Charles V and Charles VI. He was appointed by his detractors as being one the Marmousets. He was also Grand Master of France. Biography In 1358 he was notary and secretary to the king, soon becoming one of the most trusted advisors of Charles V. Appointed treasurer of wars in 1369, he performed on behalf of Charles V several diplomatic missions of financial interest. Charles V. ennobled him in 1374 and named him general of aid. He was sent to Normandy in 1378 with the task of strengthening the fortifications, negotiating the surrender of those controlled by the party in Navarre, and also to proceed to the arming of a fleet. In 1383 he became steward of the king, assuming his post as general of aid again. In 1388 he became one of the advisors to Charles V, later recalled by his successor to take office as a member of the council of King Charles VI. Having amassed an enormous fortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mercier (Hebraist)
Jean Mercier, Latin Joannes Mercerus (Uzès ca. 15101570) was a French Hebraist. Mercier was a pupil of the less known François Vatable, and succeeded Vatable as professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, Collège Royal. His students included Philippe du Plessis-Mornay, Zacharias Ursinus, Zacharius Ursinus, Andrew Melville, and Pierre Martinius who became professor at La Rochelle. Mercier served as Lecteur du Roi from 1546 onwards.Michel Bideaux ''Les échanges entre les universités européennes à la Renaissance'' Mercier fled to Venice because of his sympathies with Protestantism, but returned to France in 1570 following the conclusion of the third French Wars of Religion, war of religion, only to succumb to the plague. Works *Aramaic grammar ''Tabulae in grammaticen linguae Chaldaeae'' (Paris, 1560) *''De notis Hebraeorum liber'' (1582), revised by Jean Cinqarbres *Commentary on Genesis (Geneva, posthumous 1598), published by Théodore de Bèze Translations *Bishop Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
