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Willmoth

Sir Jonas Moore

Practical Mathematics and Restoration Science

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-85115-321-6
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
Erscheinungstermin: 01.04.1993
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A life of Moore, 17th-century mathematician and scientist involved in the draining of the fens, the building of the mole at Tangier, and the foundation of the Royal Observatory.

Sir Jonas Moore (1617-79) - practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy -had a remarkable career, and was one of the first to make a substantial fortune frommathematical practice. Dr Willmoth follows his progress to a knighthood, membership of the Royal Society, and favour at the court of Charles II; she assesses his contribution to the draining of the Great Level (under Cornelius Vermuyden) and the building of the Mole at Tangier, and records how, as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, he became a patron of the new Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Her researches illustrate the changing views of mathematics at the time, and reinforce the argument for the 17th-century `scientific revolution'.
FRANCES WILLMOTH is currently working on an edition of John Flamsteed's correspondence. [East Anglian] Study of the life and varied career of SirJonas Moore (1617-79) - practical mathematician, teacher, author, surveyor, cartographer, Ordnance Officer, courtier and patron of astronomy - who was involved in the draining of the Great Level in the Fens.


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  • Artikelnummer: 9780851153216
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-85115-321-6
  • Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.04.1993
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 1993
  • Produktform: Gebunden, Print PDF
  • Gewicht: 553 g
  • Seiten: 256
  • Format (B x H x T): 156 x 234 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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