Samuel Morland and his calculating machines c.1666: the early career of a courtier–inventor in Restoration London

DOI10.1017/S0007087407009466zbMath1128.01017OpenAlexW2000186550WikidataQ113098744 ScholiaQ113098744MaRDI QIDQ5292537

J. R. Ratcliff

Publication date: 21 June 2007

Published in: The British Journal for the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087407009466

zbMATH Keywords

Napier's bonesmechanical calculatorscarry mechanismSamuel Morland

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics at institutions and academies (non-university) (01A74) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80) History of mathematics education (97-03)

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