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:OUGHTRED (fl. 1575-166o)
, See also:English mathematician, was See also:born at See also:Eton, and educated there and at See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:College, See also:Cambridge, of which he became See also:fellow
.
Being admitted to See also:holy orders, he See also:left the university about 1603, and was presented to the rectory of Aldbury, near See also:Guildford in See also:Surrey; and about 1628 he was appointed by the See also:earl of See also:Arundel to instruct his son in See also:mathematics
.
He corresponded with some of the most eminent scholars of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time on mathematical subjects; and his See also:house was generally full of pupils from all quarters
.
It is said that he expired in a sudden transport of joy upon See also:hearing the See also:news of the See also:vote at See also:Westminster for the restoration of See also:Charles II
.
He published, among other mathematical See also:works, Clavis Mathematica, in 1631, in which he introduced new signs for certain mathematical operations (see See also:ALGEBRA) ; a See also:treatise on See also:navigation entitled Circles of Proportion, in 1632; works on See also:trigonometry and dialling, and his Opuscula Mathematica, published posthumously in 1676
.
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