Letter. 1781.

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Letter. 1781.

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A.L.S. (1781 Oct. 20, Paris) to the Huttons concerning Jeaurat's projected visit in four years ; in French.

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Dibner, Bern.

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Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823

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Charles Hutton (1737-1823) was the son of a colliery labourer. He opened a mathematical school at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1760, and became Professor of Mathematics at the Woolwich Academy from 1773 to 1807. During this period, he also acted as editor of the Ladies Diary , 1773-1818. Hutton was a Fellow of the Royal Society, 1774, became the Copley medallist in 1778, and acted as its foreign secretary in 1779. Amongst other work, Hutton calculated the mean density of the earth in 1778. Publication...

Jeaurat, Edme-Sébastien, 1725-1803

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