Sojourn at Cherbourg

Bruno Belhoste
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Chapter Chapter 2 in Augustin-Louis Cauchy, 1991, pp 18-31 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Having completed the required two years at the École des Ponts et Chaussées, Augustin-Louis Cauchy was appointed a junior engineer (aspirant-ingénieur) on January 18, 1810, by Count Molé, the Directeur Général of the Ponts et Chaussées (1). Chosen from among the engineering students who had completed their program of study, the 15 appointees were given all the duties and responsibilities of full-fledged engineers, except for the title and the pay of an engineer. A few weeks after his appointment, in February 1810, Cauchy was assigned to Cherbourg, where he was to assist the engineers responsible for the excavation and construction of Port Napoléon (2). Placing a copy of Laplace’s Mécanique Céleste and a copy of Lagrange’s Théorie des Fonctions Analytiques at the bottom of his trunk, he barely had time to pack before he had to leave on the stagecoach for Cherbourg. Copies of Virgil and the Imitation of Christ under his arm, he left for his first real position in March (3).

Keywords: Construction Site; Euler Formula; Stag Beetle; Young Engineer; Tiger Stripe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2996-4_2

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