Médaille - Simon Stevin ND
| Bronze | 42.25 g | 46.8 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 42.25 g |
| Diameter | 46.8 mm |
| Thickness | 5.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#313220 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
In the upper field, a tablet with a compass, an astronomical telescope, a standing globe on a closed book, and a rolled-up scroll. The rest of the field is occupied by text.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SES OUVRAGES ET SES DÉCOUVERTES
DANS LES SCIENCES MATHÉMATIQUES
LUI ONT ASSIGNÉ UN RANG TRÈS DISTINGUÉ
PARMI LES SAVANTS LES PLUS CÉLÈBRES.
ON CITE SES TRAVAUX SUR L’ALGÈBRE,
SUR LES LOIS DE LA PESANTEUR ET DU
MOUVEMENT, SUR LA STATIQUE, SUR LA THÉORIE
DES PLANS INCLINÉS, SUR L'HYDROSTATIQUE,
SUR LA NAVIGATION, ETC. IL FUT L’INSTITUTEUR,
L’AMI, L’HOMME DE CONFIANCE
DU PRINCE MAURICE DE NASSAU ET
LES ÉTATS DE HOLLANDE LE NOMMÈRENT
QUARTIER MAÎTRE GÉNÉRAL.
1600. IL FAIT L’ESSAI D’UN CHARIOT
À VOILES. 1617. ON CRÉE POUR LUI
LA PLACE IMPORTANTE
DE CASTRAMÉTATEUR.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
Simon Stevin, born in Flanders in the early Renaissance and died in Leiden, was an engineer and physicist, mechanic and mathematician, accountant and inventor, military engineer and financial manager, technical advisor and founder of an engineering school in Leiden.In 1848, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published a collection of 25 bronze medals in ±46 mm modules, depicting portraits of "Belgium's great men". At the time, each medal was sold for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm tokens in bronze or brass reproducing each of these medals were also engraved to, according to the prospectus of the time, bring this publication within everyone's reach, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.
