References for Louis Poinsot

  1. R Taton, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830903461.html

Articles:

  1. J Bertrand, Notice sur Louis Poinsot, Journal des savants (1872), 405-420.

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MacTutor History of Mathematics
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