Bland arbeten.
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
Deleuze, Jacques-Antoine-Henri
Var ansvarig för de ca 1030 artiklarna om botanik och naturhistoria i Yverdon-encyclopedin.
Bland arbeten.
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
Död i juni 1598.
Emery Molyneux was an English Elizabethan maker of globes, mathematical instruments and ordnance. His terrestrial and celestial globes, first published in 1592, were the first to be made in England and the first to be made by an Englishman.
Molyneux was known as a mathematician and maker of mathematical instruments such as compasses and hourglasses. He became acquainted with many prominent men of the day, including the writer Richard Hakluyt and the mathematicians Robert Hues and Edward Wright. He also knew the explorers Thomas Cavendish, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and John Davis. Davis probably introduced Molyneux to his own patron, the London merchant William Sanderson, who largely financed the construction of the globes. When completed, the globes were presented to Elizabeth I. Larger globes were acquired by royalty, noblemen and academic institutions, while smaller ones were purchased as practical navigation aids for sailors and students. The globes were the first to be made in such a way that they ...
Bland arbeten.
'The Globes Celestial and Terrestrial Set Forth in Plano'
Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.
Thuringiae Lantgraviatus. - Amsterdam ca 1725.
