See also:

• HUMPHRY, OZIAS (1742-1810)

HUMPHRY See also:

• HUMPHRY DITTON (1675-1715)

DITTON (1675-1715)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury on the 29th of May 1675 . He studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, and was for some years a dissenting See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at See also:

• TONBRIDGE [TUNBRIDGE]

Tonbridge, but on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father he devoted himself to the congenial study of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . Through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton he was elected mathematical See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . He was author of the following See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs and See also:

• TREATISES

treatises:—" Of the Tangents of Curves, &c.," Phil . Trans. vol. See also:

• XXIII

xxiii.; " A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on Spherical Catoptrics," published in the Phil . Trans. vol. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv., from which it was copied and reprinted in the Acta Eruditorum (1707), and also in the Memoirs of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris; See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• LAWS

Laws of Nature and See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

Motion (1705), a See also:

• WORK

work which is commended by Wolfius as illustrating and rendering easy the writings of Galileo and See also:

• HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN (1629-1695)
• HUYGENS, SIR CONSTANTIJN (1596-1687)

Huygens, and the Principia of Newton; An Institution of Fluxions, containing the First Principles, Operations, and Applications of that admirable Method, as invented by Sir Isaac Newton (1706) . In 1709 he published the Synopsis Algebraica of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, with many additions and corrections . In his Treatise on See also:

• PERSPECTIVE (Lat. peespicere, to see through)

Perspective (1712) he explained the mathematical principles of that See also:

• ART

art; and anticipated the method afterwards elaborated by See also:

• BROOK

Brook See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor . In 1714 See also:

• DITTON, HUMPHRY (1675-1715)

Ditton published his Discourse on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ; and The New See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law of Fluids, or a Discourse concerning the Ascent of Liquids in exact Geometrical Figures, between two nearly contiguous Surfaces . To this was annexed a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract (" See also:

• MATTER

Matter not a Cogitative Substance ") to demonstrate the impossibility of thinking or See also:

• PERCEPTION (from Lat. percipere, to perceive)

perception being the result of any See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of the parts of matter and motion . There was also added an See also:

• ADVERTISEMENT, or ADVERTISING (Fr. avertissement, warning, or notice)

advertisement from him and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• WHISTON, WILLIAM (1667-1752)

Whiston concerning a method for discovering the See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude, which it seems they had published about See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• YEAR

year before . Although the method had been approved by Sir Isaac Newton before being presented to the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Longitude, and successfully practised in finding the longitude between Paris and See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, the board determined against it .

This disappointment, aggravated as it was by certain lines written by See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift, affected Ditton's See also:

• HEALTH

health to such a degree that he died in the following year, on the 15th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1715 .