- Richard de Villamil
Richard de
Villamil (1850-1936) was a British officer and scientist physician).Grandson of
Martin de Villamil (1783-1843), he was at first officer of the British army (India, Jamaica) (1869-1889 at least).As a scientist, he discovered in 1928 the personal archives of
Isaac Newton and wrote in 1931 a book about him : "Newton, The Man", prefaced byAlbert Einstein .Richard de Villamil played a role in the theory of
energetics .Richard de Villamil also wrote "Soaring flights, simple mechanical solution of the problem" (Ed C. Spon, 1920).
Works
*"Newton, The Man", G.D. Knox, London, 1931, préfacé par Albert Einstein. Réédité par Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, 1972.
*"Soaring flights, simple mechanical solution of the problem" (Ed C. Spon, 1920).
*"Rational mechanic" (1928).Related themes
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Energetics
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