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Mr Peter Nicholson, The Practical Builder and Mathematician

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

E. Keith Lloyd
E. Keith Lloyd*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mathematical Studies, The University, Southampton S09 5NH
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I am unable to answer Ian Cook’s query (Gazette, note 65.25) concerning the original discoverer of the construction which he quotes from Nicholson’s Carpenter’s new guide, but readers may be interested in learning more about Peter Nicholson, who is variously described in his own books and in biographies as: architect, carpenter, surveyor, practical builder and private teacher of the mathematics.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 66 , Issue 437 , October 1982 , pp. 203 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1982

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