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A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary - Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, Comprized under the Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy, Both Natural and Experimental (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,980
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A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary - Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects,...

A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary - Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, Comprized under the Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy, Both Natural and Experimental (Paperback)

Charles Hutton

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences, Volume 1

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Born into a Newcastle coal mining family, Charles Hutton (1737-1823) displayed mathematical ability from an early age. He rose to become professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy and foreign secretary of the Royal Society. First published in 1795-6, this two-volume illustrated encyclopaedia aimed to supplement the great generalist reference works of the Enlightenment by focusing on philosophical and mathematical subjects; the coverage ranges across mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy and engineering. Almost a century old, the last comparable reference work in English was John Harris' Lexicon Technicum. Hutton's work contains many historical and biographical entries, often with bibliographies, including many for continental analytical mathematicians who would have been relatively unfamiliar to British readers. These features make Hutton's Dictionary a particularly valuable record of eighteenth-century science and mathematics. Volume 1 ranges from abacist (a user of an abacus) to the English physician and Newtonian scientist James Jurin.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences, Volume 1
Release date: 2015
Authors: Charles Hutton
Dimensions: 297 x 210 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 690
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-07770-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
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LSN: 1-108-07770-6
Barcode: 9781108077705

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