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− | }} | + | }}This is the only mathematical work of which there is any evidence that George Keith wrote. Its complexity shows some familiarity with high level geometry possibly stemming from Keith's background as a surveyor. <ref> http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> The book was "printed for the author, and are to be had at the Three Pigeons over against the Exchange, and at his House in Pudding-lane, at the sign of the Golden Ball, where he teaches the mathematical art." <ref>http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A47139.0001.001</ref> |
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− | This is the only mathematical work of which there is any evidence that George Keith wrote. Its complexity shows some familiarity with high level geometry possibly stemming from Keith's background as a surveyor. <ref> http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> The book was "printed for the author, and are to be had at the Three Pigeons over against the Exchange, and at his House in Pudding-lane, at the sign of the Golden Ball, where he teaches the mathematical art." <ref>http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A47139.0001.001</ref> | ||
Mr. Keith preached in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1703, and left behind his daughter, Anne, who had likewise returned to the Anglican fold. Keith's Exhortation foreshadowed "the major religious themes of nineteenth-century abolitionism." Keith traveled to New Jersey to take the post of Surveyor-General. <ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1686 he ran the first survey to mark out the border between West Jersey and East Jersey. <ref> http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> | Mr. Keith preached in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1703, and left behind his daughter, Anne, who had likewise returned to the Anglican fold. Keith's Exhortation foreshadowed "the major religious themes of nineteenth-century abolitionism." Keith traveled to New Jersey to take the post of Surveyor-General. <ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1686 he ran the first survey to mark out the border between West Jersey and East Jersey. <ref> http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:11, 21 October 2015
by George Keith
Archimedous tou Syrakousiou Psamites | ||
at the College of William & Mary. |
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Author | Archimedes | |
Edition | Precise edition unknown |
This is the only mathematical work of which there is any evidence that George Keith wrote. Its complexity shows some familiarity with high level geometry possibly stemming from Keith's background as a surveyor. [1] The book was "printed for the author, and are to be had at the Three Pigeons over against the Exchange, and at his House in Pudding-lane, at the sign of the Golden Ball, where he teaches the mathematical art." [2]
Mr. Keith preached in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1703, and left behind his daughter, Anne, who had likewise returned to the Anglican fold. Keith's Exhortation foreshadowed "the major religious themes of nineteenth-century abolitionism." Keith traveled to New Jersey to take the post of Surveyor-General. [3] In 1686 he ran the first survey to mark out the border between West Jersey and East Jersey. [4]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
See also
- Geography and Navigation Completed: Being a New Theory and Method Whereby the True Longitude of any Place in the World May be Found
- Wythe's Library