Researching Louis Castel
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 87 people with the Castel surname? In that year Castel was ranked number 3492 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Louis means "Famous in Battle" and is of German origin.
Records of Louis Castel on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Louis Castel and the Castel Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 82 people with the Castel surname in the UK? Castel is now ranked number 3965 for popularity in the UK. |
Castel Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Louis Castel
Louis Bertrand Castel
Louis Bertrand Castel (5 November 1688 – 11 January 1757) was a French mathematician born in Montpellier, who entered the order of the Jesuits in 1703. Having studied literature, he afterwards devoted himself entirely to mathematics and natural philosophy. After moving from Toulouse to Paris in 1720, at the behest of Bernard de Fontenelle, Castel acted as the science editor of the Jesuit Journal de Trévoux.
He wrote several scientific works, that which attracted most attention at the time being his Optique des couleurs (1740), or treatise on the melody of colours. He also wrote Traité de physique sur la pesanteur universelle des corps (1724), Mathématique universelle (1728), and a critical account of the system of Sir Isaac Newton in 1743.
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