Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier
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Charles-Nicolas Peaucellier (16 June 1832 – 4 October 1919) was a French engineer who graduated from the ''
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''. 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.Note sur le Losange Articulé du Commandant du Génie Peaucellier, destiné a remplacer le Parallélogramme de Watt (in French)
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French mechanical engineers 1832 births 1913 deaths French generals {{France-engineer-stub