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Rhône Rhône-Alpes Place Ampère (2e) |
André-Marie AmpèreLyon 1775 - Marseille 1836French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism (Wikipedia) |
Charles Textor & Charles-Eugène Breton
Thiébaut (Paris) 1886 |
Statue of Ampère, sitting in a chair with in his hands a book, 'electrodynamique' and a writing feather. The pedestal is flanked by two sphinxes, spouting water from their mouths in a basin.
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par le fluide MESSAGER la pensée transportée UNITÉ les cités ET LES MONDES |
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