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| − | }} | + | }}[[wikipedia:George Keith (missionary)|George Keith]] (1638/9 – 1716) was a prolific and outspoken Quaker missionary (and later, an Anglican priest), best-known for a sermon given at a [[wikipedia:Monthly meeting|Monthly Meeting]] in Philadelphia in 1693, "An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes," and ''A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America'' (1706).<ref>George Keith, "An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes" (New York: Printed by William Bradford, 1693); ''A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America'' (London: Printed by Joseph Downing, for Brab. Aylmer, 1706).</ref> Keith was [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] maternal great-grandfather. |
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| + | "Geography and Navigation Compleated" was Keith's attempt to solve the [[wikipedia:Longitude rewards|longitude problem]] using geometry, the declination of fixed stars in the sky, and great circles. | ||
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
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| + | In his [[Biographical Sketch of the Judges|biographical sketch of Wythe]] for the Virginia ''Reports'' (1833), Daniel Call mentions seeing a "folio volume" written by Keith in [[Wythe's Library|Wythe's library]], containing "mathematical and other subjects."<ref>Daniel Call, "[[Biographical Sketch of the Judges|Judge Wythe]]," in ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia,'' 2nd ed. (Richmond, VA: Robert I. Smith, 1833), 4:xi.</ref> The volume may have contained one or more of Keith's essays on Quakerism, but his only "mathematical" writings were "Geography and Navigation Compleated," and "[[Essay for the Discovery of Some New Geometrical Problems|An Essay for the Discovery of Some New Geometrical Problems]]" (1697), and its supplement. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *''[[Essay for the Discovery of Some New Geometrical Problems|An Essay for the Discovery of Some New Geometrical Problems]]'' | ||
| + | *[[History of Hampton and Elizabeth City County Virginia]] | ||
*[[Wythe's Library]] | *[[Wythe's Library]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Geography and Travel]] | [[Category:Geography and Travel]] | ||
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]] | [[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:42, 17 July 2018
by George Keith
| Geography and Navigation Completed | ||
 at the College of William & Mary. |
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| Author | George Keith | |
| Published | London: printed for B. Aylmer, at the Three Pigeons in Cornhill | |
| Date | 1709 | |
| Language | English | |
| Pages | [2], ii, 19, [1] | |
| Desc. | 4to; illustrations | |
George Keith (1638/9 – 1716) was a prolific and outspoken Quaker missionary (and later, an Anglican priest), best-known for a sermon given at a Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia in 1693, "An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes," and A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America (1706).[1] Keith was George Wythe's maternal great-grandfather.
"Geography and Navigation Compleated" was Keith's attempt to solve the longitude problem using geometry, the declination of fixed stars in the sky, and great circles.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
In his biographical sketch of Wythe for the Virginia Reports (1833), Daniel Call mentions seeing a "folio volume" written by Keith in Wythe's library, containing "mathematical and other subjects."[2] The volume may have contained one or more of Keith's essays on Quakerism, but his only "mathematical" writings were "Geography and Navigation Compleated," and "An Essay for the Discovery of Some New Geometrical Problems" (1697), and its supplement.
See also
- An Essay for the Discovery of Some New Geometrical Problems
- History of Hampton and Elizabeth City County Virginia
- Wythe's Library
References
- ↑ George Keith, "An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes" (New York: Printed by William Bradford, 1693); A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America (London: Printed by Joseph Downing, for Brab. Aylmer, 1706).
- ↑ Daniel Call, "Judge Wythe," in Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2nd ed. (Richmond, VA: Robert I. Smith, 1833), 4:xi.
