The bust of General Meusnier inaugurated in Tours July 29, 1888. Jean Baptiste Meusnier de La Place (1754-1793) was a French mathematician, engineer and Revolutionary general. Best known for Meusnier's theorem on the curvature of surfaces, which he formulated while he was at the École Royale du Génie (Royal School of Engineering). He also discovered the helicoid. He worked with Lavoisier on the decomposition of water and the evolution of hydrogen. France, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1888

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