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  1. 1736-1813. French mathematician. His
  2. Mecanique analytique 1788 applied
  3. mathematical analysis, using principles
  4. established by Newton, to such problems as
  5. the movements of planets when affected by
  6. each other's gravitational force. He presided
  7. over the commission that introduced the
  8. metric system 1793.
  9.