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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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