Humphry Ditton
Humphry Ditton (Salisbury, 29 de maio de 1675 – 15 de outubro de 1715) foi um matemático inglês.
| Humphry Ditton | |
|---|---|
| Nascimento | 29 de maio de 1675 Salisbury |
| Morte | 15 de outubro de 1715 (40 anos) Londres |
| Cidadania | Reino da Inglaterra |
| Ocupação | matemático, filósofo |
| Religião | anglicanismo |
Ditton estudou teologia. Por influência de Isaac Newton foi mathematical master do Christ's Hospital.
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- The general laws of nature and motion: with their application to mechanicks. Also the doctrine of the centripetal forces, … Being a part of the great Mr. Newton’s principles. … illustrated with variety of useful theorems and problems, … printed by T. Mead, for Jer. Seller and Cha. Price; and John Senex, London 1705.
- An Institution of Fluxions, containing the First Principles, Operations, and Applications of that admirable Method, as invented by Sir Isaac Newton. 1706
- Synopsis Algebraica of John Alexander, with many additions and corrections. 1709
- A treatise of perspective demonstrative and practical Illustrated with copper cutts. printed for B. Tooke; and D. Midwinter, London 1712.
- Discourse on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1714)
- The New Law of Fluids, or a Discourse concerning the Ascent of Liquids in exact Geometrical Figures, between two nearly contiguous Surfaces. 1714
- William Whiston, Humphry Ditton: A New Method for Discovering the Longitude Both at Sea and Land (1715). Kessinger Pub Co, 2009, ISBN 1-104-59812-4.
- An institution of fluxions: containing the first principles, the operations, … of that admirable method; … printed by W. Botham, for James and John Knapton, London 1726. The second edition, revised, corrected, and improv'd, by John Clarke.
- [Humfred Dittons] Wahrheit der christlichen Religion aus der Auferstehung Jesu Christi auf eine demonstrativische Art bewiesen: nebst e. Anh. Von der Immaterialität der Seelen und andern wichtigen Stücken der natürlichen Religion; mit e. Nachricht von d. Verf. Leben u. Schriften u. dienl. Anm. … / nebst e. Vorr. de. Hrn … von Mosheim von neuem hrsg. von Gabriel Wilhelm Goetten. 4., verm. u. verb. Auflage. Schröder & Merkwitz, Braunschweig / Hildesheim 1749.
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- Este artigo incorpora texto (em inglês) da Encyclopædia Britannica (11.ª edição), publicação em domínio público.