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DING,DING,DING ! We have a Winner
Good work David..it was Nicloas Fatio de Duillier a Swiss mathematician and optician who in 1704 along with French watchmakers Pierre and Jacob Debaufre applied for a patent for their method of making pierced- jewel end stones for use as friction-reducing at the end of wheel staffs.Fatio met Newton in 1687 and the break-up of their friendship is said by some Historians to have been the cause of Newtons mental breakdown in 1692:) Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
Responsible for the technique of drilling holes in small rubies to use in watch movements?