ROYAL ACADEMY OF THE MARINE, November 22, 1781. Handwritten - Lot 252

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ROYAL ACADEMY OF THE MARINE, November 22, 1781. Handwritten - Lot 252
ROYAL ACADEMY OF THE MARINE, November 22, 1781. Handwritten speech of 4 pages in-4° signed by René Jean de POMMEREUL (Future General), read at the session of the Royal Academy of the Navy on November 22, 1781, about one of his specialties, Artillery. Born in FOUGÈRES (35) on December 12, 1745, POMMEREUL had been appointed corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of BREST in 1778. The theme of his contribution is to reformulate the article of the Encyclopaedia devoted to artillery, for which he proposes in this speech a detailed plan after having shown the necessity of this reformulation with a didactic aim and in a concern of clarity. Member of the Central Committee of Artillery on November 13, 1796, he will be promoted General of Division of artillery on November 16 following. But Pommereul is not only a renowned military man, he was also a scholar and a scholar who wrote many works in various fields.
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