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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier

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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor, and religious campaigner. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Fatio mostly grew up in the then-independent Republic of Geneva, of which he was a citizen, before spending much of his adult life in England and Holland.

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Zodiacal light in the eastern sky, before dawn twilight.Zodiacal light in the eastern sky, before dawn twilight.Fatio's "push-shadow" explanation of gravity: the shadows that two nearby bulky bodies make in the omnidirectional stream of aetherial corpuscles cause an imbalance in the net forces that each bulky body is subject to, leading to their mutual attraction.Fatio's "push-shadow" explanation of gravity: the shadows that two nearby bulky bodies make in the omnidirectional stream of aetherial corpuscles cause an imbalance in the net forces that each bulky body is subject to, leading to their mutual attraction.Signatures of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Christiaan Huygens, and George Cheyne on Fatio's manuscript describing his push-shadow explanation of gravity.Signatures of Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Christiaan Huygens, and George Cheyne on Fatio's manuscript describing his push-shadow explanation of gravity.Detail from a letter by Fatio to Newton, dated June 24, 1693. Here Fatio describes "the skin which is upon mercury", after preparing an alloy or mercury and antimony.[20]Detail from a letter by Fatio to Newton, dated June 24, 1693. Here Fatio describes "the skin which is upon mercury", after preparing an alloy or mercury and antimony.[20]Title and illustration of an anonymous handbill printed in London in 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 Charing Cross after being sentenced to the pillory for sedition.Title and illustration of an anonymous handbill printed in London in 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 Charing Cross after being sentenced to the pillory for sedition.Engraving for a work published by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1699, describing his invention of sloping fruit walls, intended to collect heat from sunlight and thus to promote plant growth.Engraving for a work published by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1699, describing his invention of sloping fruit walls, intended to collect heat from sunlight and thus to promote plant growth.Diagram from Fatio's account of his theory of push-shadow gravity, as reproduced for publication by Karl Bopp.[36]Diagram from Fatio's account of his theory of push-shadow gravity, as reproduced for publication by Karl Bopp.[36]

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Fellow of the Royal Society

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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor, and religious campaigner. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Fatio mostly grew up in the then-independent Republic of Geneva, of which he was a citizen, before spending much of his adult life in England and Holland. Fatio is known for his collaboration with Giovanni Domenico Cassini on the correct explanation of the astronomical phenomenon of zodiacal light, for his "push" or "shadow" theory of gravitation, for inventing the integrating factor as a method for solving ordinary differential equations, for his close association with both Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton, and for his role in the Leibniz-Newton calculus controversy. He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks.

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Lived 1664 to 1753 · aged 89
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