Duillier (French pronunciation: [dɥije]) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Duillier is first mentioned in...
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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier FRS (also spelled Faccio or Facio; 16 February 1664 – 10 May 1753) was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor...
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Duillier Castle is a castle in the municipality of Duillier of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance...
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criticism. He was close to the Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. In 1691, Duillier started to write a new version of Newton's Principia, and corresponded...
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avoid getting arrested or killed by the Germans. He died at his home in Duillier, Switzerland, in 1952, aged 73. When Seán Lester replaced him as secretary-general...
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Characters include Sir Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, William of Orange, Louis XIV of France, Oliver Cromwell, Peter the Great...
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1707. The picture shows Élie Marion, Jean Daudé, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, leaders of the so-called French prophets, standing on the scaffold at...
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sources state that it was first explained this way by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, in 1684, whom Cassini advised to study the zodiacal light. The Islamic...
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were developed to make better use of sunlight. In 1699, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier even suggested using a tracking mechanism which could pivot to follow the...
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road to Duillier is accessible from the bus stop "Mimorey". This stop is situated at the border with the municipalities of Coinsins, Duillier and Givrins...
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