Wilhelm Jacob Gravezand ( Willem Jacob 's Gravesande , September 26, 1688 - February 28, 1742 ) - Dutch philosopher , physicist and mathematician .
| Wilhelm Jacob Gravezand | |
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| Willem jacob's gravesande | |
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| Date of Birth | September 26, 1688 |
| Place of Birth | Hertogenbosch |
| Date of death | February 28, 1742 (53 years old) |
| Place of death | Leiden |
| A country | Netherlands |
| Scientific field | physics , math |
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| Alma mater | |
| supervisor | G. Burgav-Kau |
| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London |
Being 19 years old, he wrote an essay on the theory of perspective, which attracted the attention of geometers. Subsequently, he was a professor in Leiden , where he actively disseminated and developed the idea of Newton . The device described in physics courses, consisting of a ring and a ball, which serves to demonstrate expansion when heated, was introduced by Gravezand. He was the first to set up a heliostat .
Gravesand device
His most important works:
- "Physices elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata, sive introductio ad Philosorkhіam Newtonianam" (1720);
- “Philosphiae Newtonianae institutiones” (Leiden, 1723);
- "Introductio ad philosophiam, metaphysicam et logicam" (Leiden, 1738).
Source
- Bobylev D.K. Gravezand, William Jacob // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Hramov Yu. A. Gravezand Willem Jacob // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 91 .-- 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (in per.)
- ↑ 1 2 Leidse Hoogleraren