French Catholic mathematician, economist and politician (1784–1873)
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He was born in Varzy in France, the son of Charles Andre Dupin, a lawyer, and Catherine Agnes Dupin.[4] His elder brother is André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin.
Developments in geometry, with applications to the stability of vessels, to cuts and embankments, to scrolling, to optics, etc. to follow on from the descriptive geometry and the analytical geometry of M. Monge: Theory , Paris, V e Courcier,1813, 373 p. ( read online [ archive ] ).
Memoirs on the navy and the bridges and roads of France and England: containing two accounts of voyages made by the author in the ports of England, Scotland and Ireland, in the years 1816, 1817 and 1818; the description of the Plymouth jetty, the Caledonian Canal, etc. , Paris, Bachelier,1818, 468 p. ( read online [ archive ] )— Dedicated to Prony .
Letter to Mylady Morgan on Racine and Shakespeare [ archive ] , 1818
A rare foray of Dupin's pen outside of science and politics. Dupin critiques a best-selling book by Lady Morgan , née Sydney Owenson.
Historical essay on the services and scientific works of Gaspard Monge [ archive ] , 1819 (Digitization: Gallica )
Applications of geometry and mechanics, to the navy, bridges and roads, etc., to follow on from the Developments of geometry [ archive ] , 1822
(with Laplace , Prony , Girard and Ampère ) Report made to the Institut de France, (Academy of Sciences), on the advantages, on the disadvantages, and on the comparative dangers of steam engines, in simple, medium and high pressure systems [ archive ] , 1823
Travels in Great Britain, undertaken in relation to the public services of war, the navy, and bridges and roads, to commerce and industry since 1816 , Paris, Bachelier, 1825, 6 volumes , 3 parts :
Volumes 1 & 2: Military force. Constitution of the army. Studies & works [ archive ] .
Volumes 3 & 4: Naval force. Constitution of the navy . Studies & works.
Volumes 5 & 6: Commercial force (public works and associations section). Public roads, squares, streets, roads, canals, bridges and highways, coasts and seaports.