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Sir Jonas Moore: Practical Mathematics and Restoration Science
Contributor(s): Willmoth, Frances (Author)

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 ISBN: 0851153216     ISBN-13: 9780851153216
Publisher: Boydell Press
OUR PRICE: $109.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: April 1993
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography
- Science | History
- History | Modern - General
Dewey: B
LCCN: 93008451
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.22 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Modern
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps
 
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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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