Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel
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Benjamin Wardhaugh. Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel
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Dedication
1. Out of the Pit
2. Teacher of Mathematics
3. Author
4. Professor
5. Odd-Job Man
6. Foreign Secretary
7. Reconstruction
8. A Military Man
9. Utility and Fame
10. Securing a Legacy
11. Controversies Old and New
12. Peace
Epilogue
Notes. 1 Out of the Pit
2 Teacher of Mathematics
3 Author
4 Professor
5 Odd-Job Man
6 Foreign Secretary
7 Reconstruction
8 A Military Man
9 Utility and Fame
10 Securing a Legacy
11 Controversies Old and New
12 Peace
Epilogue
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Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
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In memory of Jackie Stedall
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As well as his schooling, young Hutton was indulged with pennies for books of stories, and – perhaps more precious – time in which to read them. He was fond of the so-called ‘border ballads’, the traditional songs of north Tyneside and the Scottish Borders: True Tom and his visit to Elfland, Tam Lin and his rescue from the fairies. By his early teens one of his lifelong habits was already in place: book collecting.
The routine of these years was disrupted more than once by events from outside the North-East. In September 1745, when Hutton was eight, the southward march of the Bonnie Prince and his army sparked panic in Newcastle. Some citizens hastily signed a pledge of loyalty to King George. Others spent their time walling up the town gates and mounting cannon to repel the Jacobite horde. Some fled from the northern villages to the dubious safety of the town. Others fled further south with all they could carry.
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