Thomas Harriot (/ˈhæriət/; c. 1560 – 2 July 1621), also spelled Harriott, Hariot or Heriot, was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and...

Resolvendas (The Analytical Arts Applied to Solving Algebraic Equations) by Thomas Harriot, published posthumously in 1631. The text states "Signum majoritatis...

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...

Harriot may refer to: Elizabeth (Harriot) Wilson (1762–1786), figure in the folklore of southeastern Pennsylvania, hanged for murdering her children Harriot...

and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh, he and Manteo assisted the scientist Thomas Harriot with the job of deciphering and learning the Carolina Algonquian language...

scientists Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman, Matthew Roydon and Thomas Harriot. There is no firm evidence that all of these men were known to each...

Arthur Barlowe was in command of the other. There are indications that Thomas Harriot and John White may have participated in the voyage, but no records survive...

2009. Retrieved June 11, 2007. "Welcome to Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences". Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. East Carolina University...

person to observe the Moon through a telescope (English mathematician Thomas Harriot had done it four months before but only saw a "strange spottednesse")...

Charles Fowler, was the first to be built out of cast iron. In 1609, Thomas Harriot was working at Syon when he made the first ever use of the newly invented...

for philosophers and mathematicians alike). In the late 16th century, Thomas Harriot proved that the stereographic projection is conformal; however, this...

first observed telescopically in December 1610 by English astronomer Thomas Harriot. His observations were recorded in his notebooks and were followed in...

Thomas Harriot (c. 1560 – 1621); Harriot achieved this on 26 July 1609: over four months before Galileo. 1610: Sunspots discovered by Thomas Harriot (c...

midpoint that is closest to Harriot. Harriot B lies within Harriot itself. Harriot W and X lie to the northwest of Harriot, and Harriot A, a highly eroded crater...

and fencing. He regularly met scholars whom he patronised, including Thomas Harriot, Walter Warner and Robert Hues, who were known as the "Earl of Northumberland's...

problem of close-packing of spheres was first mathematically analyzed by Thomas Harriot around 1587, after a question on piling cannonballs on ships was posed...

number system was studied in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries by Thomas Harriot, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, and Gottfried Leibniz. However, systems...

Northumberland (1564–1632) since when it has remained in his family. In 1609, Thomas Harriot was working at Syon when he made the first ever use of the newly invented...

given by Thomas Kyd after his imprisonment and possible torture (see above); Kyd and Baines connect Marlowe with mathematician Thomas Harriot's and Sir...

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...

strict inequality signs (less-than sign and greater-than sign) 1631 Thomas Harriot xy   superscript notation (for exponentiation) 1636 (using Roman numerals...

refraction, but he did not take this step. The law was rediscovered by Thomas Harriot in 1602, who however did not publish his results although he had corresponded...

– Francis Galton Symbol for "is less than" and "is greater than" – Thomas Harriot 1630 Thomson scattering - J. J. Thomson Weather map – Sir Francis Galton...

restricted access to the exotic newcomers. He assigned the scientist Thomas Harriot the job of deciphering and learning the Carolina Algonquian language...

officer, lawyer, and pirate (1587–1653) Mathew Baker – English shipwright Thomas Harriot – English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator "furring"...

scarcity of sufficiently powerful telescopes. Several astronomers, such as Thomas Harriot, Joseph Gaultier de la Vatelle, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, and...

returned to London, Tarporley became one of the trusted friends of Thomas Harriot. Apart from Catherine de Parthenay, Viète's other notable students were:...

and raze" to "stamp, paint, burn, and embroider.": 3  In 1585–1586, Thomas Harriot, who was part of the Grenville Expedition, was responsible for making...

period of the solar rotation could be defined. The English scholar Thomas Harriot was probably the first to observe sunspots telescopically as evidenced...

colonize America. Cavendish also studied navigation under the direction of Thomas Harriot at Raleigh's Durham House in Westminster. In 1585, Cavendish was appointed...