Gabriel Mouton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGabriel Mouton
French abbot and scientist
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1618
Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Date of Death: 28-Sep-1694
Profession: priest, mathematician
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Gabriel Mouton
- Gabriel Mouton (1618 – 28 September 1694) was a French abbot and scientist.
- He was a doctor of theology from Lyon, but was also interested in mathematics and astronomy.
- His 1670 book, the Observationes diametrorum solis et lunae apparentium, proposed a natural standard of length based on the circumference of the Earth, and was decimally divided.
- It was influential in the adoption of the metric system in 1799.
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