Oktant morski Isaaca Newtona

• Authors: Rodzeń Jacek

Title variants

EN

Isaac Newton’s Marine Octant

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Isaac Newton is known primarily as an outstanding mathematician and physicist. Less known are his interests in alchemy, theology, and history. Yet, we still know very little about his interest in engineering and about how he designed and created several scientific instruments (e.g. a variant of the reflecting telescope, a variant of the rotary slide rule). Among them, there is also a navigational octant built by Newton in 1699. This device is an example of an ingenious solution in the field of early modern catadioptrical instruments.

Keywords

PL

Isaac Newton; oktant; przyrządy nawigacyjne w XVII wieku

EN

Isaac Newton; octant; navigational instruments in the 17th century

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 77–94

Contributors

author

Rodzeń Jacek

• Instytut Historii, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/0023589XKHNT.20.020.12603