Harriot, Thomas 1560-1621

A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia by Thomas Harriot ( Book )
151 editions published between 1558 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,671 libraries worldwide

Thomas Harriot's Artis analyticae praxis an English translation with commentary by Thomas Harriot ( Book )
17 editions published between 1631 and 2007 in English and Latin and held by 369 libraries worldwide
"The present work is the first ever English translation of the original text of Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis, first published in 1631 in Latin. Thomas Harriot's Praxis is an essential work in the history of algebra. Even though Harriot's contemporary, Viete, was among the first to use literal symbols to stand for known and unknown quantities, it was Harriot who took the crucial step of creating an entirely symbolic algebra. This allowed reasoning to be reduced to a quasi-mechanical manipulation of symbols. Although Harriot's algebra was still limited in scope (he insisted, for example, on strict homogeneity, so only terms of the same powers could be added or equated to one another), it is recognizably modern." "While Harriot's book was highly influential in the development of analysis in England before Newton, it has recently become clear that the posthumously published Praxis contains only an incomplete account of Harriet's achievement: his editor substantially rearranged the work before publishing it, and omitted sections that were apparently beyond comprehension, such as negative and complex roots of equations." "The commentary included with this translation relates the contents of the Praxis to the corresponding pages in his manuscript papers, which enables much of Harriet's most novel and advanced mathematics to be explored. This publication will become an important contribution to the history of mathematics, and it will provide the basis for a reassessment of the development of algebra."--Jacket.

The greate invention of algebra : Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations by Jacqueline A Stedall ( Book )
9 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 335 libraries worldwide
This text provides an insight into the work of Thomas Harriot (c.1560-1621), an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry and algebra.

Thomas Harriot : an Elizabethan man of science ( Book )
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 168 libraries worldwide

Sir Walter Ralegh and his colony in America. Including the charter of Queen Elizabeth in his favor, March 25, 1584, with letters, discources, and narratives of the voyages made to America at his charges, and descriptions of the country, commodities, and inhabitants by Increase N Tarbox ( Book )
5 editions published in 1884 in English and held by 110 libraries worldwide

Voyages en Virginie et en Floride ( Book )
5 editions published in 1927 in Multiple languages and held by 97 libraries worldwide

A vocabulary of Roanoke : from the writings of Thomas Hariot, John White, and Ralph Lane, and including the Pamlico vocabulary of John Lawson ( Book )
3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 48 libraries worldwide

A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants discouered by the English Colony there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the yeere 1585 by Thomas Harriot ( Book )
1 edition published in 1590 in English and held by 29 libraries worldwide

Artis analyticae praxis, ad æquationes algebraïcas nouâ, expeditâ, & generali methodo, resoluendas: tractatus e posthumis Thomæ Harrioti philosophi ac mathematici celeberrimi schediasmatis summâ fide & diligentiâ descriptus: et illustrissimo Domino Dom. Henrico Percio, Northumbriæ comiti, qui hæc primò, sub patronatus & munificentiæ suæ auspicijs ad proprios vsus elucubrata, in communem mathematicorum vtilitatem, denuò reuisenda, describenda, & publicanda mandauit, meritissimi honoris ergò nuncupatus by Thomas Hariot ( Book )
4 editions published in 1631 in Latin and held by 27 libraries worldwide

An account of some mistakes relating to Dr. Bradley's astronomical observations and Harriot's mss by A Robertson ( Book )
1 edition published in 1822 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide