Gowin Knight
Gowin Knight (Corringham natus die 10 Septembris 1713; mortuus die 8 Iunii 1772), physicus, fuit bibliothecarius principalis Musei Britannici ab anno 1756 usque ad 1772.
Anno 1745 methodum chalybis fortiter magnetizandi invenit, itaque pyxides nauticas accuratiores confecit; anno 1747 igitur numma Copley Regalis Societatis Londiniensis meruit ob "nonnulla experimenta curiosissima, magnetibus naturalibus necnon arte factis adhibitis, ab eo monstrata".[1] Iam anno 1752 classis Britannica talibus pyxidibus usa est.
Opera recensere
- 1754 : An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phænomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion: wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same. Londinii
- 1758 : A collection of some papers formerly published in the Philosophical Transactions, relating to the use of Dr. Knight's magnetical bars, with some notes and additions. Londinii
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Lexica biographica: • Deutsche Biographie |
- Vita apud Science & Society Picture Library
Bibliographia recensere
- Edward Edwards, Lives of the founders of the British Museum: with notices of its chief augmentors and other benefactors, 1570-1870 Paginae selectae
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Gowin Knight 1756 • Matheus Maty 1772 • Carolus Morton 1776 • Iosephus Planta 1799 • Henricus Ellis 1827 • Antonius Panizzi 1856 • Iohannes Winter Jones 1866 • Eduardus Augustus Bond 1873 • Eduardus Maunde Thompson 1888 • Fridericus Georgius Kenyon 1909 • Georgius Franciscus Hill 1931 • Fridericus Georgius Kenyon 1936 • Thomas Kendrick 1950 • Francus Chalton Francis 1959 • Iohannes Fredericus Wolfenden 1969 • Iohannes Pope-Hennessy 1974 • David Mackenzie Wilson 1977 • Robertus Anderson 1992 • Neil MacGregor 2002 • Hartwig Fischer 2016 | |