La Hire

Tschirnhausen and La Hire, about 1700; and they both found, that even when the moon's rays were concentrated by the most powerful burning-lenses and mirrors they could obtain, its heat was too small to produce the slightest perceptible effect on the most delicate thermometers then known.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various

The chief contributions of La Hire were in the department of pure geometry.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

But even now we were to find how that they did not yet trust the Maid's authority as it should be trusted; and even La Hire was in fault here, as afterwards he freely owned.

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

Men of war said that she spoke like a soldier and a strategist; they listened to her in amaze, and wondered what the great La Hire would say when he should arrive, to find that a country maiden had been set over his head.

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

Dunois and La Hire rode up to the Maid and saluted.

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

She charged, herself, at the head of one column; but La Hire, in the vanguard, was before her.

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

But I did note a strange look in the eyes of the Maid; and I wondered why it was that Dunois, the speaker, grew red and stumbled over his words, whilst that La Hire, who had done a giant's work in the fighting that day, ground his teeth and looked both ashamed and disturbed.

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

After some days a council was held, and I, with others, was ill content with La Hire, who was said to have parleyed with

The Red True Story Book Andrew Lang 1900

The next Sunday, the 1st of May, Dunois, alarmed by the delay of his main body, set out for Blois to meet them, and we are told that Jeanne accompanied him to the special point of danger, where the English from their fortifications might have stopped his progress, and took up a position there, along with La Hire, between the expedition and the enemy.

Jeanne d'Arc Oliphant, Mrs. 1896

And Alencon, Dunois, La Hire, where were they and all the knights?

Jeanne d'Arc Oliphant, Mrs. 1896