Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic - Couverture rigide

Petty, Sir William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3849176231 ISBN 13 : 9783849176235

Editeur : tredition GmbH, 2012

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

William Petty, born on the 26th of May, 1623, was the son of a clothier at Romsey in Hampshii-e. After education at the Romsey Grammar School, he continued his studies at Caen in Normandy. There he supported himself by a little trade while learning French, and advancing his knowledge of Greek, Latin, Mathematics, and much else that belonged to his idea of a liberal education. His idea was large. He came back to England, and had for a short time a place in the Navy; but at the age of twenty he went abroad again, and was away three years, studying actively at Utrechf, Ley den, and A msterdam, and also in Paris. In Paris he assisted Thomas Hobbes in drawing diagrams for his treatise on optics. At the age of twenty-four Petty took out a patent for the invention of a copying machine. It was described in a folio pamphlet On Double Writing.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: tredition GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3849176231
• ISBN 13: 9783849176235
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 104
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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