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The History Of Science & Technology - Series One the original holograph notes of william Harvey s lectures on anatomy, and his collection of papers concerning Robert Boyle, william brouncker, http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/the_history_of_science
Extractions: Sir Hans Sloane, 1st baronet, 1660-1753, succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as the President of the Royal Society and held that post for fourteen years from 1727 to 1741. He had previously served as Secretary from 1693 to 1712 and was responsible for reviving the Philosophical Transactions . An eminent physician (his patients included Queen Anne and King George II, and he was Physician to Christ's Hospital from 1694 to 1730), he was also President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1719 to 1735. He studied in Paris and Montpelier and his flourishing connections with European scientists resulted in his election as a foreign member of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, St Petersburg and Madrid. He founded the Botanical Garden in Chelsea in 1721 and his early travels to the West Indies provided the basis for his Voyage to the Islands of Madeira, Barbados, Nieves, St Christopher's and Jamaica.
The Mediadrome - History Two years after Bacon s death in 1626, william Harvey published his treatise on the Alexander Bruce, william Viscount brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/history_articles/royal_society.htm
Extractions: These Were All Pleasure: The Founding of the Royal Society by Helen Stringer But it wasn't always so. There was a time, not all that long ago, when there were no "scientists," when science itself was being defined, and when men gathered, out of interest, at a local pub to talk about what we might now regard as "neat stuff." The time was 1645, the place London, and this casual group of men went on to found what is now the world's oldest scientific academy, The Royal Society. Ideas about how the natural world should be explored had been changing throughout the Rennaissance, of course. But most educated people still looked towards the classical authorities, particularly Aristotle, for the road map to discovery. Aristotle's system was based on deductive reasoning, you would look at a thing and deduce what led it to be so. The problem with this, is that this kind of reasoning is dependent on the experiences of the observer, which may or may not be focusing on the relevant issues. Also, simple observation can lead to false conclusions. For example, when looking at the circulation of blood, people had noticed that after death the most blood could be found in the liver, so they deduced that the liver must drive the circulation.
East Coulston | British History Online In 1602 she presented because of the minority of william brouncker, and williamhimself presented at the next vacancy in 1626. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16112
Alphabetical List Of Officials: A-J | British History Online brouncker, william (brouncker) 2nd Viscount Extra Commissioner 7 Dec. 1664 16 Jan.1667 (C 66/3061). Controller of Treasurer s Accounts 16 Jan. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16855
Wortley1 Grace brouncker (dau of Sir william brouncker of Melksham). (A), Sir FrancisWortley, 2nd Bart of Wortley (b c1616, dspl 14.03.1665) http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ww/wortley1.htm
Extractions: Families covered: Wortley of Wortley BP1934 (Wharncliffe) reports that this family was of Norman origin and that the first known ancestor was Alanus de Wortley who married, in 1135, the daughter of the Lord of Wath, near Rotherham. It also reports "An unbroken male descent continued till the death of Sir Francis Wortley, last baronet of Wortley, in 1665." We hope to find and report the early generations in due course but, for the moment, show what is reported on this family in BEB1844. Nicholas Wortley m. Isabel Tunstall (dau of William Tunstall of Thurland) Sir Thomas Wortley of Wortley (d 1514) m1. (1463) Catherine FitzWilliam (dau of William FitzWilliam of Sprotborough) A. Nicholas Wortley (dsp) B. Isabel Wortley m. John Talbot m2. (div, sp) Joan Balderston (dau of William Balderston) m3. Elizabeth FitzWilliam (dau of Sir Richard FitzWilliam of Alder Park) C.
Mildmay2 Sir william brouncker. 4. Winifred Mildmay (d 10.08.1597). m. Sir williamFitzwilliam of Milton and Gaines Park (d 05.08.1618). 5. Christian Mildmay http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/mm4fz/mildmay2.htm
Extractions: Families covered: Mildmay of Apethorpe, Mildmay of Barnes, Mildmay of Danbury Place, Mildmay of Graces, Mildmay of Hazlegrove, Mildmay of Marks, Mildmay of Moulsham, Mildmay of Shawford House, Mildmay of Springfield Barnes William Mildmay of Springfield Barnes (d 13.02.1570-1) m1. Elizabeth Paschall (dau of John Paschall of Great Baddow) Sir Thomas Mildmay of Springfield Barnes, Sheriff of Essex (d 15.12.1612) m. (12.06.1563) Alice Winthrop (b c1539, d 08.11.1607, dau of Adam Wintrop of Groton) A. William Mildmay (dvp) m. (11.06.1590) Margaret Hervey (d 02.1605, dau of Sir George Hervey of Marks) i. Thomas Mildmay of Barnes a. William Mildmay of Barnes m. Sibilla Palmer (dau of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart of Wingham) William Mildmay of Surat, later of Moulsham m. Sarah Wilcox (A) Sir William Mildmay, Bart of Moulsham (dsp 08.08.1771) m. Anne Mildmay (d 28.03.1796, dau of Humphrey Hervey Mildmay) @1@ below ii.
Why Did Pells Equation Wrongly Named? By A Mistake Of Euler, The that The challenge was taken up in England by william, Viscount brouncker, Fermat was, naturally, not satisfied with this solution, and brouncker, http://mathforum.org/kb/servlet/JiveServlet/download/193-438185-1383214-66341/at
Extractions: By a mistake of Euler , the Diophantine equation y^2 - Ax^2 = 1 has been erroneously known as " Pell's equation" ; but, in fact, the English mathematician John Pell (1611-1685) did no more than copy it down in his papers, from Fermat 's letters of 1657 and 1658. For an extensive historical account on " ", see Sir Thomas L. Heath Diophantus of Alexandria : A Study in the History of Greek Algebra Fermat rediscovered the problem and was the first to assert that the equation x^2 - Ay^2 = 1, where A is any integer not a square, always has an unlimited number of solutions in integers. His statement was made in a letter to Frénicle of February, 1657 (cf. Oeuvres de Fermat , II, pp.333-4). Fermat asks Frénicle for a general rule for finding, when any number not a square is given, squares which, when they are respectively multiplied by the given number and unity is added to the product, give squares. If, says Fermat Frénicle cannot give a general rule, will he give the smallest value of y which will satisfy the equations 61y^2 + 1 = x^2 and 109y^2 + 1 = x^2 ? (Footnote 3: Fermat Brouncker , first President of the Royal Society, and Wallis Abhandlungen zur Gesch. der Math.
Thuret Plomp Oldenburg ordered a watch on behalf of Lord william brouncker, the president ofthe Royal Society in London, and Christiaan Huygens himself had a precious http://www.antique-horology.org/_Editorial/thuretplomp/thuretplomp.htm
Extractions: Figure 1. The recently discovered longitude timekeeper by Isaac Thuret, signed Thuret A Paris Summary The recent discovery of an extremely interesting clock signed Thuret A Paris reveals that this clockmaker was much more closely involved in the development of a clock to be used for finding longitudes at sea than has generally been assumed. Isaac Thuret was the clockmaker who made for Christiaan Huygens the first watch with a spiral spring regulating the movements of the balance wheel in 1675. The conflict about his contribution to the invention is usually seen as to have ended their cooperation. However, a closer study of Huygens' correspondence strongly suggests that this was not the case.
Presented By Greg Duncan 1684 william brouncker, 2nd viscout/1st pres of Royal Society, dies 1693 Anne MLof Orl?ans, duchess of Montpensier (Grande Mademoiselle), dies http://www.vaxxine.com/mgdsite/history/0405.eht
Extractions: Anthony P. Solli The unit begins with a historical development of ¹ and proceeds with examples of activities to help students develop a deeper appreciation of the mathematical beauty and values of ¹. Students should have at least a working knowledge of fractions and decimals, plus an intuitive understanding of the nomenclature, terminology, vocabulary, and formulae of basic geometry. The historical part of this unit may be used in any grade level, preferably middle school. The activities part could be used in any middle school level, although it is recommended for average and above average groups working in small groups or independently. It also may be used as a motivational or summary part of a geometry unit or pre algebra course. The length of time needed could be a week or two, depending on the amount of time you would spend on the history of ~r and doing all or some of the suggested activities.
ALBEVILLE MSS. The correspondents in the collection include John Abell; william brouncker, 2ndviscount brouncker; Sir Richard Bulstrode; Michael Carney; Thomas Coxe; http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/albeville.html
Extractions: The Albeville mss., 1653-1690, consist of letters to Ignatius White, marquis d'Albeville, and other documents, relating primarily to the Revolution of 1688 in Great Britain. Ignatius White, one of six brothers, was born in Ireland about 1626. White and some of his brothers were acting as spies for various European governments by the mid-1650's and raising troops for the Spanish army. White also performed some diplomatic services for the British government. In 1679 he was made the Marquis d'Albeville by Emperor Leopold. Upon James II's accession to the British throne, Albeville became a royal advisor and in 1687 went to the Hague as envoy extraordinary. After the revolution, Albeville followed James into exile at St. Germain and died there in 1694. [For more information about Albeville's life, see E.S. De Beer, "The Marquis of Albeville and his brothers," English Historical Review, vol. XLV, no. 179 (July 1930), pp. 397-408 (D1 .E5).] The collection is made up largely of letters written to Albeville during his residence at the Hague. These letters were written by persons in England and on the continent and contain many details of current happenings. The letters of Sir George Etherege, James Vernon, Sir Peter Wyche and Robert Yard particularly have information of day-to-day events that make them useful for the study of both political and social history of the period. While not all the correspondence is addressed to Albeville, it was assumed that all unaddressed letters were intended for him. Many of the letters had both Old Style and New Style dating; in those instances the more appropriate dates were chosen for indexing and filing purposes. The letters of James Vernon were dated from information contained in Narcissus Luttrell, A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. Oxford, At the University Press, 1857. Vol. I (DA430 .L9). The letters of Sir George Etherege of June 23, 1687 and February 5, March 1, March 4 and March 11, 1688 have been published in Sir George Etherege, The Letterbook of Sir George Etherege, ed. by Sybil Rosenfeld, London, Humphrey Milford, 1928 (DA452 .E8), on pp. 217-20, 321,330-32, 333-34, and 339.
New Dictionary Of Scientific Biography Translate this page brouncker, william Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brozek, Jan Brunelleschi, FilippoBryson of Heraclea Budan de Boislaurent, Ferdinand François Désiré http://www.indiana.edu/~newdsb/math.html
Extractions: Chapter 1: 800 years of mathematical traditions While the early days of medieval Oxford represent a golden age of mathematical research on an international level, it was only in the seventeenth century that research began to be developed as an explicit activity in which dons and the better students might be expected to join. A research dimension was implicit in Henry Savile's statutes for the Savilian Chairs, since the professors were expected to develop their subjects alongside their teaching duties, and the early Savilian professors set a high standard in this respect. Notwithstanding the strong state in which Wallis left Oxford mathematics, and the capable mathematicians who were his immediate successors, research activity seemed to run into the ground from 1720 or so, and little more is heard in this respect until well into the next century. But how about research and original work under this famous system of yours, I can fancy someone saying. You do not seem to have promoted it much. Perhaps not! It had not yet occurred to people that systematic training for it was possible.
Extractions: 3 C Abacus abc Conjecture Abel, Niels Henrik Abel Prize ... Artin, Emil Artin, Michael Artin conjecture Artin-Wedderburn theorem Artinian Artinian module ... Azuma's inequality B-spline B-star-algebra Ba space Babbage ... Banach-Mazur game Banach measure Banach space Banach, Stefan Banach-Tarski paradox Barbier's theorem ... Barenblatt, Grigory Baroclinicity Barotropic vorticity equation Barrow, Isaac Barycentric subdivision Base ... Bohr-Mollerup theorem Bolyai, Farkos Wolfgang Bolyai, Janos Bolyai-Gerwien theorem Bolzano, Bernhard Bombieri, Enrico ... Boruvka's algorithm Borwein, Jonathan Borwein, Peter Borwein's algorithm Borwein's algorithm (others) Bott, Raoul Bottleneck traveling salesman problem ... Bourcia, Louis de Branges de Bourgain, Jean Box-counting dimension Box plot Box-Muller transform Boyer, Carl Benjamin
Moon In the frontispiece to Thomas Sprat s History of the Royal Society there Is agroup of three people william brouncker, the first president on the right, http://www.sirbacon.org/moon.html
Extractions: by Mather Walker A mong other credit due Francis Bacon, is the fact that when life gave him a lemon, he made lemonade. Banished from his rightful title as the son of Queen Elizabeth, heir to the throne of England, doomed to live in the shadows, he created his own shadow kingdom. When he proclaimed that he had taken all knowledge for his province, he also proclaimed, in his enigmatic way, a new title for himself. This is clearly shown in the symbolic title page of the De Augmentis: The visible world is the world of the sun, but the intellectual world, of which Bacon has proclaimed himself ruler, is shadowed, and is the world of the moon. Bacon became the Moon Man, the man of the shadows. In the frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society there Is a group of three people: William Brouncker, the first president on the right, A bust of Charles II, the royal founder in the middle, and to the left, beneath the wing of a prominent angel, holding a trumpet, is Francis Bacon, and he is ENTIRELY IN THE SHADOW. It should be noted also that Bacon was of the lineage of Selena. For it
Extractions: William Brouncker (1620-1684) fut président de la Royal Society, dont John Wallis était membre fondateur. On lui doit l'invention des « fractions continues ». A partir de la formule de Wallis, il obtient une fraction continue où intervient le nombre p Pour obtenir ces fractions, on écrit p =3+0,14159 puis on considère linverse du nombre plus petit que 1 (qui est alors plus grand que 1) et on réitère le procédé. En ne considérant quun nombre fini déléments de ce développement, on obtient des approximations rationnelles de p Dautres approximations rationnelles pour p ont été proposées. Notons toutefois celle de Gilbert Cros ( ?- ?) éminent professeur de mathématiques au Lycée Ampère qui trouva, dans les années 70 (à lépoque, jeune mathématicien aux dents longues ), à la règle à calculs la fraction Cette valeur présente un intérêt pratique pour les conversions mentales radians/degré. En particulier : p rad 1 rad x° Doù p x = 180 donc x = au lieu de 57,2957
William Brouncker Université Montpellier II william Burnside william Clifford williamBrouncker (1620-1684). Cette image et la biographie complète en anglais résident sur http://ens.math.univ-montp2.fr/SPIP/article.php3?id_article=903
