Article ID: CBB061637608

An Early Scottish Pamphlet on Hydraulics and Pneumatics: William Welwood's De aqua in altum per fistulas plumbeas facile exprimenda apologia demonstrativa (1582) (2017)

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William Welwood (c.1552–1624) taught at St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university, where he was its first professor of mathematics, and later professor of law. As well as better-known legal works, he published a short pamphlet on hydraulics and pneumatics here discussed. After an outline of the fractious personal, religious, and political environment in which Welwood lived and worked, the content of his pamphlet is described. Its place is then examined within wider scientific and technological contexts.

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Authors & Contributors
Valleriani, Matteo
Navarro Brotóns, Víctor
Enrique González-Velasco
Jannamorelli, Bruno
Rodrigues, Ana Duarte
Dai Prà, Elena
Concepts
Mathematics
Hydraulics
Science and society
Pneumatics
Astronomy
Water
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
18th century
19th century
Early modern
Places
Scotland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Europe
Adige River (Italy)
Institutions
Università di Roma
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