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George Atwood

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English mathematician (1745-1807)

AcademicsLived 1745 to 1807 · aged 62
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George Atwood was an English mathematician who invented the Atwood machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's laws of motion.

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Italian translation of Description of the experiments, intended to illustrate a course of lectures, on the principles of natural philosophy, 1781Italian translation of Description of the experiments, intended to illustrate a course of lectures, on the principles of natural philosophy, 1781

Awards 2

Fellow of the Royal Society
Copley Medal

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Academics born in the 1740s 6

Chaim of Vałožyn50.8Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann50.1Abraham Gottlob Werner54.8Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg49.5William Paley55.8Christian Gotthilf Salzmann47.0

About this person

George Atwood was an English mathematician who invented the Atwood machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's laws of motion. He was also a renowned chess player whose skill for recording many games of his own and of other players, including François-André Danican Philidor, the leading master of his time, left a valuable historical record for future generations.

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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1745 to 1807 · aged 62
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