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By the laws of Louisiana, minors under the age of fourteen years, if males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are, both as to their persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Above that age, and until their majority or emancipation, they are placed under the authority of a curator. (Black's Law Dictionary)

Robert Hooke, the curator of experiments for the Royal Society of London, is providing here a justification for a calculation. (University of Pittsburgh)