| History - 1802 - 502 pages
...bearing date Auguft 25. Not long after this, he was admitted fellow of the Royal Society in 1 745, having been propofed as a candidate by "Martin Folkes,...Jones, efq; Mr. George Graham, and Mr. John Machin, fecretary ; all very eminent mathematicians. The prefident and council, in confideration of his very... | |
| Thomas Simpson - Calculus - 1805 - 494 pages
...and felicitations of the before mentioned William Jones, Efq. he was, in 1743, appointed profefibr of mathematics, then vacant by the death of Mr. Derham,...George Graham, and Mr. John Machin, Secretary ; all veYy eminent mathematicians. The prelident and council, in confideration of his very moderate circumftauces,... | |
| John Aikin - Biography - 1814 - 662 pages
...professorship of mathematics, then vacart by the death of Mr. Durham, in the Royal Academy of Woolwieh; and in 1745 he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society, having been proposed as a candidate by Martin Folkes, Esq., President, William Jones, Kq., Mr. George Graham, and... | |
| Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...vacant by the death of Mr. Derham, in the Royal Academy at Woolwich ; his warrant bearing date August 25th. And in 1745 he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society, having been proposed as a candidate by Martin Folkes, esq. president, William Jones, esq. Mr. George Graham, and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 522 pages
...vacant by the death of Mr. Derham, in the Royal academy at Woolwich ; his warrant bearing date August 25th. And in 1745 he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society, having been proposed as a candidate by Martin Folkes, esq. president, William Jones, esq. Mr. George Graham, and... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1825 - 472 pages
...vacant by the death of Mr. Derham, in the Royal Academy at Woolwich, his warrant bearing date August 25th; and in 1745, he was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society. The President and Council, in consideration of his very moderate circumstances, were pleased to excuse... | |
| Industrial arts - 1825 - 486 pages
...vacant by the death of Mr. Derham, in the Koyal Academy at Woolwich, his warrant bearing date August 25th; and in 1745, he was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society. The President and Council, in consideration of his very moderate circumstances, were pleased to excuse... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 920 pages
...Stockholm ; in 1743 he was appointed professor of mathematics in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich ; and in 1745 he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 1745 he published A Treatise of Algebra, with an appendix containing the construction... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 946 pages
...Stockholm ; in 1743 he was appointed professor of mathematics in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich ; and in 1745 he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 1745 he published A Treatise of Algebra, with an appendix containing the construction... | |
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