In 1718 Desaguliers dedicated to the Duke his translation of Edme Mariotte's treatise on the motion of water.
Jeff Mariotte | Edme Mariotte | Edme-Jean Leclaire | '' French carpenter and poet Adam Billaut'' by Edme Bovinet | Edme Mentelle | Edme-Louis Daubenton |
The education at Juilly had great impact on Boulainvilliers: a special accent on critical history had been introduced into the Oratory by Caesar Baronius and Richard Simon, and through the science classes he became familiar with the works of Jean Baptist van Helmont, Robert Boyle and Edme Mariotte.