Edward Wright (mathematician) (English Wikipedia)

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It is a common misconception that the Mercator projection is mathematically the same as projecting rays of light through the globe onto the cylinder from a source at the centre: Eli Maor (1998), "A Mapmaker's Paradise (ch. 13)" (PDF), Trigonometric Delights, Princeton, N.J.; Chichester: Princeton University Press, p. 165 at 176, ISBN 0-691-05754-0
Mark Monmonier (2004), "The Wright Approach", Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, pp. 65–67, ISBN 0-226-53431-6

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Parsons & Morris, p. 63; see also Marie Boas Hall (1994), "The Uses of Mathematics (ch. 7)", The Scientific Renaissance 1450–1630, New York, N.Y.; London: Dover Publications; Constable, pp. 197–237 at 208, ISBN 0-486-28115-9
Mark Monmonier (2004), "The Wright Approach", Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, pp. 65–67, ISBN 0-226-53431-6
Charles Hutton (1815), "Wright (Edward)", A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary, vol. 2, London: Printed for the author by F.C. and J. Rivington [et al.], pp. 619–620

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"Wright, Edward (WRT576E)", A Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge.

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Derek Ingram (2001), "The First Caian Engineer and the First Caian Pirate", The Caius Engineer, 13 (1), archived from the original on 2 September 2007, retrieved 2 May 2008

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Paul J. Lewi (11 February 2006), "Mercator, Wright and Mapmaking" (PDF), Speaking of Graphics: An Essay on Graphicacy in Science, Technology and Business, Turnhout, Belgium: DataScope, p. 24, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009, Edward Wright was born in 1561 at Garveston, near Norfolk, in a family with modest income (mediocris fortunae)

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E.J.S. Parsons; W.F. Morris (1939), "Edward Wright and His Work", Imago Mundi, 3: 61–71, doi:10.1080/03085693908591862, JSTOR 1149920
A.J. Apt; B. Harrison (2004), "Wright, Edward (bap. 1561, d. 1615)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30029 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Susan M. Maxwell; Harrison, B. (September 2004), "Molyneux, Emery (d. 1598)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50911 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Stephen Pumfrey; Frances Dawbarn (2004), "Science and Patronage in England, 1570–1625: A Preliminary Study" (PDF), History of Science, 42 (2): 137 at 165, Bibcode:2004HisSc..42..137P, doi:10.1177/007327530404200201, S2CID 161655594, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009
Clements R Markham (1903), "Commemoration of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: Address by the President, Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B", Geographical Journal, 21 (6), Blackwell Publishing: 589–602 at 594, doi:10.2307/1775648, JSTOR 1775648: see Parsons & Morris, p. 70 (the citation in n. 24 is incorrect).

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Act III, scene ii: see William Shakespeare (July 2000), Twelfth Night; or What You Will (Etext #2247), Champaign, Ill.: Project Gutenberg

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Stephen Pumfrey; Frances Dawbarn (2004), "Science and Patronage in England, 1570–1625: A Preliminary Study" (PDF), History of Science, 42 (2): 137 at 165, Bibcode:2004HisSc..42..137P, doi:10.1177/007327530404200201, S2CID 161655594, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009

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E.J.S. Parsons; W.F. Morris (1939), "Edward Wright and His Work", Imago Mundi, 3: 61–71, doi:10.1080/03085693908591862, JSTOR 1149920
Clements R Markham (1903), "Commemoration of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: Address by the President, Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B", Geographical Journal, 21 (6), Blackwell Publishing: 589–602 at 594, doi:10.2307/1775648, JSTOR 1775648: see Parsons & Morris, p. 70 (the citation in n. 24 is incorrect).

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This sum was calculated using the website MeasuringWorth.com based on the retail price index, using a date of 1614: Lawrence H. Officer, Purchasing power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007, MeasuringWorth.com, archived from the original on 29 September 2011, retrieved 3 May 2008

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Mark Ridley (1617), Magneticall Animadversions ... upon certaine Magneticall Advertisements lately Published, from Maister W. Barlow, London: [s.n.]: see Stephen Andrew Johnston (1994), "Practitioners and Mechanicians (ch. 4)", Making Mathematical Practice: Gentlemen, Practitioners and Artisans in Elizabethan England, Cambridge: University of Cambridge, p. 182, n. 21

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A.J. Apt; B. Harrison (2004), "Wright, Edward (bap. 1561, d. 1615)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30029 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Bernard Capp (2004), "Heydon, Sir Christopher (1561–1623)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Susan M. Maxwell; Harrison, B. (September 2004), "Molyneux, Emery (d. 1598)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50911 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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It is a common misconception that the Mercator projection is mathematically the same as projecting rays of light through the globe onto the cylinder from a source at the centre: Eli Maor (1998), "A Mapmaker's Paradise (ch. 13)" (PDF), Trigonometric Delights, Princeton, N.J.; Chichester: Princeton University Press, p. 165 at 176, ISBN 0-691-05754-0

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Danielle, Carlo (2012), Delivering Prometheus A Critique of Enlightenment from Benjamin Franklin to Los Alamos (PhD thesis), New York University, pp. 9–10, ProQuest 1038821664

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Stephen Pumfrey; Frances Dawbarn (2004), "Science and Patronage in England, 1570–1625: A Preliminary Study" (PDF), History of Science, 42 (2): 137 at 165, Bibcode:2004HisSc..42..137P, doi:10.1177/007327530404200201, S2CID 161655594, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009

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Alexander Brown (1890), The Genesis of the United States. A Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605–1616, which Resulted in the Plantation of North America ... set forth through a Series of Historical Manuscripts now first Printed, together with a Reissue of Rare Contemporaneous Tracts, accompanied by Bibliographical Memoranda, Notes, and Brief Biographies. Collected ... and Edited by A. Brown .., vol. 2, London; Cambridge, Mass.: William Heinemann, pp. 1025–1026, cited in Note Prince Henry, eldest son of England's King James I (1594–1612), She-philosopher.com, 7 March 2007, retrieved 19 May 2008

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Stephen Pumfrey; Frances Dawbarn (2004), "Science and Patronage in England, 1570–1625: A Preliminary Study" (PDF), History of Science, 42 (2): 137 at 165, Bibcode:2004HisSc..42..137P, doi:10.1177/007327530404200201, S2CID 161655594, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009

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Novus Orbis: Images of the New World, part 3, Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration 1507–1814, Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, 31 January 2008, archived from the original on 23 June 2008, retrieved 7 February 2008; "5. Edward Wright. "A Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection." – c. 1599", An Exhibition of Maps and Navigational Instruments, on View in the Tracy W. McGregor Room, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, July 10 to September 26, 1995, University of Virginia, c. 1995, archived from the original on 27 January 2008, retrieved 4 May 2008

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Paul J. Lewi (11 February 2006), "Mercator, Wright and Mapmaking" (PDF), Speaking of Graphics: An Essay on Graphicacy in Science, Technology and Business, Turnhout, Belgium: DataScope, p. 24, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009, Edward Wright was born in 1561 at Garveston, near Norfolk, in a family with modest income (mediocris fortunae)
Derek Ingram (2001), "The First Caian Engineer and the First Caian Pirate", The Caius Engineer, 13 (1), archived from the original on 2 September 2007, retrieved 2 May 2008
Stephen Pumfrey; Frances Dawbarn (2004), "Science and Patronage in England, 1570–1625: A Preliminary Study" (PDF), History of Science, 42 (2): 137 at 165, Bibcode:2004HisSc..42..137P, doi:10.1177/007327530404200201, S2CID 161655594, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009
Pedro Nunes - Biography, archived from the original on 24 August 2011, retrieved 16 May 2020
Novus Orbis: Images of the New World, part 3, Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration 1507–1814, Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, 31 January 2008, archived from the original on 23 June 2008, retrieved 7 February 2008; "5. Edward Wright. "A Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection." – c. 1599", An Exhibition of Maps and Navigational Instruments, on View in the Tracy W. McGregor Room, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, July 10 to September 26, 1995, University of Virginia, c. 1995, archived from the original on 27 January 2008, retrieved 4 May 2008
The story of the New River, Thames Water, archived from the original on 11 February 2008, retrieved 1 May 2008
This sum was calculated using the website MeasuringWorth.com based on the retail price index, using a date of 1614: Lawrence H. Officer, Purchasing power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007, MeasuringWorth.com, archived from the original on 29 September 2011, retrieved 3 May 2008

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Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (1911), "Logarithm" , in Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 16 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 869

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Clements R Markham (1903), "Commemoration of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: Address by the President, Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B", Geographical Journal, 21 (6), Blackwell Publishing: 589–602 at 594, doi:10.2307/1775648, JSTOR 1775648: see Parsons & Morris, p. 70 (the citation in n. 24 is incorrect).