1822 in Science - Mathematics

Mathematics

  • July 3 - Charles Babbage publishes a proposal for a "difference engine", a mechanical forerunner of the modern computer for calculating logarithms and trigonometric functions. Construction of an operational version will proceed under British Government sponsorship 1823–32 but it will never be completed.
  • Karl Feuerbach describes the nine-point circle of a triangle.
  • William Farish of the University of Cambridge publishes a systematization of the rules for isometric drawing.

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