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John Theophilus Desaguliers : a natural philosopher, engineer and freemason in Newtonian England /
John Theophilus Desaguliers made his mark on the eighteenth century in several diverse ways. He was an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton and later elucidated the difficult concepts of Newtonian physics in private lectures. He was a member of the Royal Society, and was presented with the Society's h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | John Theophilus Desaguliers made his mark on the eighteenth century in several diverse ways. He was an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton and later elucidated the difficult concepts of Newtonian physics in private lectures. He was a member of the Royal Society, and was presented with the Society's highest honour, the Copley Medal, no less than three times. He was a pioneering engineer: the water supply of Edinburgh, the ventilation of the Houses of Parliament and the first Westminster Bridge all owed him a debt. In a different sphere, Desaguliers became the third Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441173478 1441173471 144112778X 9781441127785 1283307782 9781283307789 9781472599551 1472599551 0826431488 9780826431486 |