RMG14XTC–No. 385 woodcut from Bradwardine's Very Scarce Arithmetic. Bradwardine (1290-1349), known as the 'Profound Doctor,' was one of the earliest English mathematicians. His book is based on Boethius relating to the theory of numbers and gives much attention to
RM2E2JBMT–Boy using surveying instrument, 1845. Illustration to 'Railway Mania', a story by Alfred Crowquill, a satire on the obsession with the railways, a recent innovation in Britain at the time. '...straight a-head goes the surveyor, with his theodolite, and, in a few weeks, whiz! comes the engine; and, if you stand in the way, to expostulate in favour of your kitchen-garden, make up your mind to scaldings. Surveyors, by the by, are now getting exceedingly scarce; they are advertised for at their own prices; whilst advertising masters promise to perfect gentlemen in the art of surveying, in twelve l
RMB112AD–Bradwardine
RMHRKN13–Bradwardinian Woodcut
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