Recent works
(version française)
Here is a list of some recent works and publications,
but this list is far from exhaustive. Most
of these works are included on other pages, but some
are mentioned only here, pending the creation of a dedicated page for them.
I am also doing ongoing work on the history of mathematics,
on mechanical computation,
and on scientific and technical heritage instruments, which have not yet
led to publications.
- D. Roegel: Les thèses en informatique à Nancy de 1960 à 1990 (catalogue of digitized computer science theses
defended in Nancy between 1960 and 1990), 2025 (Digitization
of approximately 300 theses that provide a unique perspective
on the development of computer science in Nancy)
- D. Roegel: Astronomical clocks 1735-1796 --- A companion to Ludwig Oechslin’s
Astronomische Uhren und Welt-Modelle der Priestermechaniker im 18. Jahrhundert (1996), 2025 (a detailed analysis of the workings
of 29 astronomical mechanisms and clocks using an
axiomatic approach)
- D. Roegel: Tobias Stimmer’s sources
for the astronomical elements of Strasbourg’s 16th century
astronomical clock, 2025 (English translation of
the astronomical part of my book on
Stimmer's paintings)
(A study of the sources of the astronomical elements of the 16th-century astronomical clock in Strasbourg, with many unpublished elements)
- D. Roegel: How to measure the corrections of the eyes
without an ophtalmologist or an optician, 2025 (explanation of a method allowing anyone
to determine the glasses they need
without going through an ophthalmologist or optician)
- Completion of the second and third of three biographies to be published in the future. (Details will be provided later.) (October 2025)
- Project for a rectification of the new calendar of the
astronomical clock in Lyon (December 2025)
- I have just completed the first version of
a chapter for an upcoming book, stay tuned!
(24 December 2025)
- Denis Roegel: Preliminary description of the old clock of Notre-Dame Church in Versailles (1763) --- First part: before the restoration (February 6, 2026)
- Denis Roegel: The horizontal turret clock in Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie. Antiquarian Horology, vol. 47, no. 2, June 2026, pp. 226-233.
Last change: 1 July 2026.