Samuel Morland and his calculating machines c.1666: the early career of a courtier–inventor in Restoration London

DOI10.1017/S0007087407009466MaRDI QIDQ5292537zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. R. Ratcliff

Publication date 21 June 2007

Published in BJHS. The British Journal for the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087407009466

zbMATH Keywords

carry mechanismmechanical calculatorsNapier's bonesSamuel Morland

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics at institutions and academies (non-university) (01A74) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80) History of mathematics education (97-03)

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