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- John Babington (fl. 1635), was an English mathematician and gunner. Babington published in 1635 a folio volume, entitled Pyrotechnia, or a Discourse of Artificiall Fireworks, to which was added a "Short Treatise of Geometrie . . . with the tables for the square root to 25,000, and the cubick root to 10,000 Latus, wherein all roots under those numbers . . . are extracted onely by ocular inspection." The first part of the book, which dealt with the use of fireworks for military purposes as well as for amusements, was dedicated to the "Earl of Newport, Master of his Majesties Ordnance," and in the preface the author says of himself, "I have been for certaine yeeres past, and so at present am, one of the inferiour gunners of his Majestie." Three copies of English verses in praise of the author are prefixed, of which one is by John Bate, the author of "Mysteries of Nature and Art." The second part, the geometrical treatise, was especially designed for the use of guns, and is dedicated to "Sir John Heyden, Lieutenant of his Majesties Ordnance." The logarithmic tables, which form the third part of the book, were the earliest published in England. (en)
- John Babington (également orthographié Iohannis Babington ; baptisé en 1604, fl. 1635) est un mathématicien et artilleur anglais, spécialiste de la pyrotechnie. (fr)
- John Babington (fl. 1635) foi um matemático e artilheiro inglês. Babington publicou em 1635 um volume in-fólio intitulado Pyrotechnia, or a Discourse of Artificiall Fireworks, ao qual foi adicionado "Short Treatise of Geometrie . . . with the tables for the square root to 25,000, and the cubick root to 10,000 Latus, wherein all roots under those numbers . . . are extracted onely by ocular inspection". A primeira parte do livro, que tratava do uso de fogos de artifício para fins militares e também para diversões, foi dedicada ao "Earl of Newport, Master of his Majesties Ordnance", e no prefácio o autor diz de si mesmo: "Tenho sido, com certeza, anos atrás, e agora também sou um dos artilheiros inferiores de Sua Majestade". Três cópias de versos em inglês em elogio ao autor são prefixadas, uma das quais é de John Bate, o autor de "Mysteries of Nature and Art". A segunda parte, o tratado geométrico, foi especialmente projetada para o uso de armas de fogo e é dedicada a "Sir John Heyden, Tenente de Artilharia de Suas Majestades". As tabelas logarítmicas, que constituem a terceira parte do livro, foram as primeiras publicadas na Inglaterra. (pt)
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- John Babington (également orthographié Iohannis Babington ; baptisé en 1604, fl. 1635) est un mathématicien et artilleur anglais, spécialiste de la pyrotechnie. (fr)
- John Babington (fl. 1635), was an English mathematician and gunner. Babington published in 1635 a folio volume, entitled Pyrotechnia, or a Discourse of Artificiall Fireworks, to which was added a "Short Treatise of Geometrie . . . with the tables for the square root to 25,000, and the cubick root to 10,000 Latus, wherein all roots under those numbers . . . are extracted onely by ocular inspection." The first part of the book, which dealt with the use of fireworks for military purposes as well as for amusements, was dedicated to the "Earl of Newport, Master of his Majesties Ordnance," and in the preface the author says of himself, "I have been for certaine yeeres past, and so at present am, one of the inferiour gunners of his Majestie." (en)
- John Babington (fl. 1635) foi um matemático e artilheiro inglês. Babington publicou em 1635 um volume in-fólio intitulado Pyrotechnia, or a Discourse of Artificiall Fireworks, ao qual foi adicionado "Short Treatise of Geometrie . . . with the tables for the square root to 25,000, and the cubick root to 10,000 Latus, wherein all roots under those numbers . . . are extracted onely by ocular inspection". A primeira parte do livro, que tratava do uso de fogos de artifício para fins militares e também para diversões, foi dedicada ao "Earl of Newport, Master of his Majesties Ordnance", e no prefácio o autor diz de si mesmo: "Tenho sido, com certeza, anos atrás, e agora também sou um dos artilheiros inferiores de Sua Majestade". (pt)
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