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Le Roy, Pierre, 1717-1785 (Personal Name)
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- Roy, Pierre le, 1717-1785
- Leroy, M. (Pierre), 1717-1785
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His Lettre à Monsieur le baron de Marivets, contenant diverses recherches sur la nature, les propriétés & la propagation de la lumière, 1785: t.p. (M. Leroy)
British Museum web site, viewed 25 February 2022: britishmuseum.org (Pierre Le Roy, watch and clock maker born in Paris 1717, succeeded his father, Julien Le Roy, as clockmaker to the king; performed and published research on temperature compensation, marine chronometry; died 1785 near Paris)
Hyamson, A. A dictionary of universal biography, 1951: (Le Roy, Pierre: Fr. horologist, 1717-1785)