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6 de oct. de 2011 · This is the first comprehensive biography of a major, but neglected, figure of his age. 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.
John Theophilus Desaguliers (født 12. mars 1683 i La Rochelle Frankrike, død 29. februar 1744 i Covent Garden i London) var en fransk-engelsk protestantisk prest (Church of England), filosof, vitenskapsmann og oppfinner.
The Rev. John Theophilus Desaguliers, LL.D., F.R.S., was born on March 12, 1683, at Rochelle, in France. He was the son of a French Protestant clergyman; and, his father having removed to England as a refugee on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took lessons of the celebrated Keill in ...
27 de mar. de 2024 · Reverend John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744) – Thomas Richard Hinks Beaumont (1857–1940) – Museum of Freemasonry L’appartenance de Desaguliers à la franc-maçonnerie est détaillée avec une précision chronologique, de son initiation en 1714 jusqu’à sa mort en 1744.
John Theophilus Desaguliers, Huguenot émigré, priest, freemason, engineer and natural philosopher, was both a protégé and promoter of Newton. An Oxford graduate and popular lecturer, he became Newton's experimental assistant in 1713, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1714. Desaguliers promoted Newtonianism in various settings, and for ...
This fan (or blower) reproduces a model designed by John Theophilus Desaguliers and presented to the Royal Society in 1734. The apparatus, like other similar ones invented in the eighteenth century, was intended to prevent the build-up of foul air or to circulate hot or cold air in hospitals, prisons, and public places.
John Theophilus Desaguliers. March 12, 1683 - February 29, 1744. The Rev. John Theophilus Desaguliers LL.D., F.R.S. was born in Rochelle, France. The son of a Huguenot clergyman, Desaguliers was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. His reputation as a lecturer on experimental philosophy obtained for him a Fellowship in the English Royal Society.
