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John Playfair

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Scottish scientist and mathematician

Born 1748
Died 1819

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  • Cover of: Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid : with a Supplement on the ...

    First published in 1795 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Elements of geometry: containing the first six books of Euclid, with a supplement on the quadrature of the circle, and the geometry of solids ; to which are added, Elements of plane and spherical trigonometry

    Cover of edition elementsofgeomet00playiala Cover of edition ofgeometelements00playrich Cover of edition playfaireuclid00playrich Cover of edition elementsgeometr01playgoog First published in 1806 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth: a facsimile reprint

    First published in 1802 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Outlines of natural philosophy: being heads of lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh

    First published in 1812 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1812 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Infection and Immunity

    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dissertation second: exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science, since the revival of letters in Europe.

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  • Cover of: A short, simple, and plain method of demonstrating the fifth book of Euclid's Elements

    First published in 1812 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of John Playfair ...: with a memoir of the author ...

    First published in 1822 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Works Of John Playfair V4: With A Memoir Of The Author

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Biographical account of James Hutton, M.D.F.R.S. Ed

    First published in 1805 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Elements of geometry.: Being chiefly a selection from Playfair's geometry

    First published in 1829 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Prospectus of a course of lectures on some of the practical parts of the mathematics: viz. ... astronomy, geography, navigation ..., gunnery, and fortification

    First published in 1793 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Outlines of natural philosophy: being heads of lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh

    First published in 1814 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth

    First published in 1802 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Elements of geometry; containing the first six books of Euclid, with two books on the geometry of solids. To which are added elements of plane and spherical trigonometry

    First published in 1795 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Biographical Account Of James Hutton

    First published in 2011 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Elements of geometry: containing the first six books of Euclid: with a supplement ... to which are added, elements of plane and sphericale trigonometry ... From the last London ed., enℓ

    First published in 1866 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Elements of Geometry: With a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of ...

    First published in 1819 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of John Playfair

Scottish scientist and mathematician

Born 1748
Died 1819

Subjects

Trigonometry, Astronomy, Euclid's Elements, Mathematics, Science, Geology, Biography, Early works to 1800, Geologists, Geometry, History, Philosophy, Physics, Astronomie, Barometers, Euclid's elements. [from old catalog], Geography, Hindu astronomy, Immune System, Immunity, Immunology, Infection, Log transportation, Mechanics, Mechanics (physics)

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Scotland, Alpnach Slide (Switzerland), Mount Pilatus (Switzerland)

People

James Hutton (1726-1797), Euclid, Dugald Stewart (1753-1828), John Inglis (1763-1834), Joseph Black (1728-1799), Leslie Sir John (1766-1832)

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 6, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import