Pierre Ango (1640 in

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– 18 October 1694 in

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) was a French Catholic

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

and

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. He was a professor at the

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. In 1682, he published parts of

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' work on

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in his book ''Optique''. In this work, Ango provided a construction for

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which was not dissimilar that of Hooke.

Works

* 1682 - ''L'Optique divisée en trois livres'' (''Optics divided in three books'')

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