Thomas Harriot (/ˈhæriət/; c. 1560 – 2 July 1621), also spelled Harriott, Hariot or Heriot, was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and... 35 KB (3,811 words) - 11:35, 31 March 2024 |
Harriot may refer to: Elizabeth (Harriot) Wilson (1762–1786), figure in the folklore of southeastern Pennsylvania, hanged for murdering her children Harriot... 943 bytes (156 words) - 19:07, 1 August 2019 |
Resolvendas (The Analytical Arts Applied to Solving Algebraic Equations) by Thomas Harriot, published posthumously in 1631. The text states "Signum majoritatis... 14 KB (1,224 words) - 16:33, 7 April 2024 |
De numeris triangularibus et inde de progressionibus arithmeticis: Magisteria magna (redirect from Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers) early 17th century by Thomas Harriot, lost for many years, and finally published in facsimile form in 2009 in the book Thomas Harriot's Doctrine of Triangular... 5 KB (614 words) - 14:12, 2 December 2023 |
and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh, he and Manteo assisted the scientist Thomas Harriot with the job of deciphering and learning the Carolina Algonquian language... 10 KB (1,141 words) - 14:26, 4 March 2024 |
scientists Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman, Matthew Roydon and Thomas Harriot. There is no firm evidence that all of these men were known to each... 10 KB (1,125 words) - 07:43, 23 January 2024 |
first observed telescopically in December 1610 by English astronomer Thomas Harriot. His observations were recorded in his notebooks and were followed in... 40 KB (4,127 words) - 15:48, 9 April 2024 |
Thomas Harriot (c. 1560 – 1621); Harriot achieved this on 26 July 1609: over four months before Galileo. 1610: Sunspots discovered by Thomas Harriot (c... 160 KB (16,528 words) - 22:00, 7 April 2024 |
for philosophers and mathematicians alike). In the late 16th century, Thomas Harriot proved that the stereographic projection is conformal; however, this... 46 KB (5,777 words) - 00:41, 21 April 2024 |
number system was studied in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries by Thomas Harriot, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, and Gottfried Leibniz. However, systems... 55 KB (6,643 words) - 01:54, 23 April 2024 |
given by Thomas Kyd after his imprisonment and possible torture (see above); Kyd and Baines connect Marlowe with mathematician Thomas Harriot's and Sir... 96 KB (10,205 words) - 01:58, 3 April 2024 |
location of the fabled El Dorado, that was represented in the map of Thomas Harriot in 1596. However, he failed then, and in two subsequent expeditions... 17 KB (1,828 words) - 13:38, 19 March 2024 |
strict inequality signs (less-than sign and greater-than sign) 1631 Thomas Harriot xy superscript notation (for exponentiation) 1636 (using Roman numerals... 13 KB (211 words) - 23:10, 26 February 2024 |
restricted access to the exotic newcomers. He assigned the scientist Thomas Harriot the job of deciphering and learning the Carolina Algonquian language... 12 KB (1,392 words) - 01:27, 21 April 2024 |
mathematician and astronomer Thomas Harriot in 1606. Harriot was a friend and assistant of Sir Walter Raleigh, who had asked Harriot to find formulas for counting... 22 KB (2,693 words) - 00:03, 24 April 2024 |
returned to London, Tarporley became one of the trusted friends of Thomas Harriot. Apart from Catherine de Parthenay, Viète's other notable students were:... 48 KB (6,339 words) - 07:51, 1 April 2024 |
period of the solar rotation could be defined. The English scholar Thomas Harriot was probably the first to observe sunspots telescopically as evidenced... 13 KB (1,600 words) - 21:03, 12 April 2024 |