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25 de jul. de 2015 · Briggs, Henry. (1561?-1630). Matemático inglés, profesor de Geometría del Gresham College de Londres (1596-1619) y profesor de Astronomía en Oxford. Fue de los primeros en reconocer la importancia del descubrimiento de los Logaritmos de John Napier y el primero que empleó el número 10 como la mejor base para las tablas.
Henry Briggs was born in Warley on 23rd February, 1560. In those days the New Year began on March 25th so in terms of our reckoning the year of his birth is 1561. The date of birth is confirmed by the Halifax Parish Register of Baptisms, currently held in the archives at Wakefield. Sources say that he attended a grammar school in Warley before ...
The rst Savilian Professor of Geometry became Henry Briggs, who sensed the change that was about to happen and left Gresham for Merton. The remaining days of his life he devoted to creating new logarithm tables. Having a look around Merton, you can spot objects dating back to Briggs' time at Merton.
The north part of America... Henry Briggs. 1625. Full Digital Record. Tragically, 40,000 citizens of London lost their lives to the bubonic plague in 1625. That same year, English mathematician Henry Briggs created this map, widely known for being the first English map to depict California as an island. Also clearly identifiable is Virginia ...
Henry Briggs (ur. luty 1561, zm. 26 stycznia 1630 w Oksfordzie) – angielski matematyk i astronom. Życiorys. Ukończył St John’s College na Uniwersytecie Cambridge . W latach 1596-1620 profesor geometrii w Gesham College w Londynie, a w latach 1619-1630 - profesor matematyki i astronomii na uniwersytecie w Oxfordzie.
1 de ago. de 2016 · A microfilm of a copy of Briggs’ book in the Bodlean Library is available, produced by University Microfilms International, Ann Arbour, Michigan 48106. Google Scholar. Briggs, Henry and Gellibrand, Henry, Trigonometria Britannica, in two books. The present writer obtained a photocopy of the one held by the Rare Books Department at Cambridge ...
Briggs, Henry. 1. Dates. Born: Worley Wood, Yorkshire, Feb. 1561 Baptized on 23 Feb. 1561. Died: Oxford, 26 Jan. 1630. 2. Father. Thomas Smith, writing early in the 18th century, said that Briggs' parents were "humble of class and rather slender of means." Humble of class could mean too many things to guess, but I take the slender means to ...
