Ango, Pierre

Ango, Pierre a French Jesuit, lived in the last half of the 17th century. He taught mathematics at Caen, and wrote several works on physics: L'Optique, divisee en trois livres, ou l'on demontre: 1° La' Propagation et les Proprietez de la Lumiere; 2° La Vision; 3°. La Figure et la Disposition des Verres qui servent a la perfectionner (Paris, 1682): — Pratique Generale des Fortifictions, pour les tracer sur le papier et sur le terrein sans avoir egard a aucune methode particuliere (Moulins, 1679). He also wrote other works. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.