/ en /learning-physics-new-college-1690s <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2024-12/BT3.248.11%282%29%20-%20p.%2019.jpg.webp?itok=mOLOKRZ8" width="655" height="435" alt="²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT3.248.11(2), p. 19" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Learning Physics in ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ in the 1690s </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2024): 22</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/601" hreflang="en">Francis Willis</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/602" hreflang="en">Ralph Bohun</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/603" hreflang="en">BT3.248.11(2)</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>I recently re-encountered a little octavo textbook in physics published in 1690, the <em>Synopsis physicæ</em> by a ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ man, Francis Willis. The author was from Thame, where his father—who had also attended the college—as the rector ran the local grammar school, an institution then under the college’s supervision. His textbook in physics is evidently the product of his reading and thinking for the MA, often the period in which students turned towards more in-depth study of, especially, natural philosophy. &nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A tornado, in Ralph Bohun’s <em>A Discourse concerning the Origine and Properties of Wind</em> (1671)<br>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT3.248.11(2), p. 19</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-12/22NCN4%20%282024%29%20Poole%20on%20Learning%20Physics.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=419018" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">22NCN4 (2024) Poole on Learning Physics.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">409.2 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:20:23 +0000 Christopher 3257 at