. . . "French inventor" . "1573Z"^^ . . . . . "Jacques Besson (1540? - 1573) was a French Protestant inventor, mathematician, and philosopher, chiefly remembered for his popular treatise on machines Theatrum Instrumentorum (1571\u201372), which saw many reprints in different languages."@en . . "Jacques Besson"@en . . "Besson, Jacques"@en .