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Thomas Hariot
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Title: Thomas Hariot
Author: Henry Stevens
Release Date: February, 2004 [EBook #5171] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on May 28, 2002]
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[Redactor's note: Very little is known of Thomas Hariot; his only published works are the 'Briefe and true report' (PG#4247) and the posthumous 'Praxis', a handbook of algebra. He anticipated the law of refraction, corresponded with Kepler, observed comets, and may have been the first to recognize that the straight line paths of comets