RefNo | EC/1768/05 |
Previous numbers | Cert III, 37; A01602 |
Level | Item |
Title | Cowley, John Lodge: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Citation | Mr John Lodge Cowley, Professor of the Mathematics in the Royal Academy at Woolwich, a Gentleman well skilled in his Profession, and Natural Philosophy; and who has heretofore published some Tracts on Mathematical Subjects, particularly an Appendix to the Elements of Euclid, a Treatise on Perspective &c. which illustrated the Doctrine of Planes, Solids, and their Sections by moveable Diagrams, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of this Royal Society, We therefore DO, upon our own personal Knowledge of him & his Abilities, recommend him as a Person very deserving of the Honour he sollicits, and DO believe he will be a very useful Member |
Proposers | Greg Sharpe; Wm Mountaine; James Short; John Bevis; James Ferguson; Josa Kirby |
AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2605 | Cowley; John Lodge (c 1729 - 1797) | c 1729 - 1797 |