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Thomas Hobbes

Hobbes, Thomas 1 linked works

United Kingdom 1588 - 1679fl. 1620–1679

English philosopher, political theorist and writer with strong interests in geometry, optics and mechanics. Thomas Hobbes applied geometrical reasoning to sword contact in the autograph treatise The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword, presented to William Cavendish.

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Previous Authority Friedrich Otto von Leber Next Authority Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner

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Authorized nameThomas Hobbes

Sort nameHobbes, Thomas

Given namesThomas

Family nameHobbes

Birth year1588

Death year1679

Floruitfl. 1620–1679

NationalityUnited Kingdom

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Author of The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword, Harley MS 5219; authority added from the British Library catalogue in quality phase 381.

British Library Harley MS 5219 and Hobbes scholarship reviewed in enrichment phase 563; autograph authorship and the connection to William Cavendish are preserved.

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The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword (Harley MS 5219)

Manuscript 1640 English United Kingdom

Manuscript · 1640 · English

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