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Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 – 1 March 1862)〔(Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Peter Barlow )〕〔Lance Day and Ian McNeil, ''Biographical dictionary of the history of technology'', Routledge, 1995, page 42.〕 was an English mathematician and physicist. ==Work in mathematics== In 1801, Barlow was appointed assistant mathematics master at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,〔〔(MacTutor Biography: Peter Barlow )〕 and retained this post until 1847.〔 He contributed articles on mathematics to ''The Ladies' Diary''〔 as well as publishing books such as:〔〔 * (''An Elementary Investigation of the Theory of Numbers'' ) (1811); * (''A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary'' ) (1814); and * (''New Mathematical Tables'' ) (1814). The latter became known as ''Barlow's Tables'' and gives squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots, and reciprocals of all integer numbers from 1 to 10,000. These tables were regularly reprinted until 1965,〔 when computers rendered them obsolete. He contributed to ''Rees's Cyclopædia'' articles on Algebra, Analysis, Geometry and Strength of Materials. Barlow also contributed largely to the ''Encyclopædia Metropolitana''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Barlow (mathematician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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