Essays on Thomas Harriot. I. Billiard balls and laws of collision. II. Ballistic parabolas. III. A survey of Harriot's scientific writings

DOI10.1007/BF00327737zbMath0428.01005OpenAlexW165957940MaRDI QIDQ1137029

Johs. Lohne

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00327737

zbMATH Keywords

ballistic parabolasessays on Thomas Harriotlaws of collision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free motion of a rigid body (70E15) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies (70F35) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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An extremal problem in Harriot's mathematics ⋮ Kepler in search of the ``Anaclastic ⋮ Notes made by Thomas Harriot on the treatises of François Viète ⋮ Pulling Harriot Out of Newton’s Shadow: How the Norwegian Outsider Johannes Lohne Came to Contribute to Mainstream History of Mathematics ⋮ Symbolism, combinations, and visual imagery in the mathematics of Thomas Harriot ⋮ Harriot’s Observation of Resisted Trajectories

Cites Work

• Harriot's manuscript on the theory of impacts
• A Study of the De proportione motus by Marcus Marci de Kronland
• The Fair Fame of Thomas Harriott.

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