Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux (1730 – 1789) was a Swiss historian.[1]
Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 March 1730  Lausanne |
| Died | 29 August 1789 (aged 59) Lausanne |
| Family | Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux |
Life edit
Born in Lausanne, he was a member of Bern's economic society.[2]
Among his works is a history of physics in two volumes. Some of his works were translated in various languages in Europe.[2][3]
Works edit
- Discours philosophique sur la physique et l'histoire naturelle (in French). Lausanne: Antoine Chapuis. 1762.
- Discorso filosofico sulla fisica e storia naturale (in Italian). Tübingen: Stamperia Reissiana. 1777.
- Abrégé chronologique pour servir a l'histoire de la physique jusqu'a nos jours (in French). Vol. 1. Strasbourg: P. J. Dannbach. 1786.
- Abrégé chronologique pour servir a l'histoire de la physique jusqu'a nos jours (in French). Vol. 2. Strasbourg: P. J. Dannbach. 1787.
- Abrégé chronologique pour servir a l'histoire de la physique jusqu'a nos jours (in French). Vol. 3. Strasbourg: P. J. Dannbach. 1789.
- Abrégé chronologique pour servir a l'histoire de la physique jusqu'a nos jours (in French). Vol. 4. Strasbourg: P. J. Dannbach. 1789.
- Loys, Charles de (1798). Chronologische Geschichte der Naturlehre (in German). Leipzig.
References edit
- ^ Charles-Louis Loys de Cheseaux in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Charles de Loys de Cheseaux (1777). Discorso filosofico sulla fisica e storia naturale (in Italian). Tübingen: Stamperia Reissiana.
- ^ Charles de Loys (1798). Chronologische Geschichte der Naturlehre (in German). Leipzig.
Bibliography edit
- Silvanus P. Thompson (1922). Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism. C. Griffin & Company Limited.