References for Pierre-Simon Girard

  1. H Rouse, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830901650.html

Books:

  1. L Baldwin, Report on introducing pure water into the city of Boston (Hilliard, Gray and Co., Boston, 1835).

Articles:

  1. Pierre-Simon Girard, Au Fil de l'Ourcq (2002). http://www.aufildelourcq.org/histoire/psgirard.htm
  2. C Richet, Pierre Simon Girard, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 197 (1933), 1481-1486.

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