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Frederik Wellmann
A. MS.
Published, in part, as 7.267n8. Introductory remarks on the principles that underlie this attempt to write a history of science. CSP relies on his independent opinion in several areas, but notes deficiencies in several others including classificatory physics ("weakest spot"), mineralogy, crystallography, and biology. Candid evaluation of his knowledge of other sciences, e.g., geology and linguistics. The remaining pages concern the Egyptians and their science. The pyramids and the hypotheses of Egyptologists failure of Egyptian mathematicians to understand fractions (errors in calculation of areas and volumes) the general stupidity of the Egyptians.
Egyptian, Egyptologists, history of see also Astronomy history of Mathematics history of
pp. 1-55, with 12 pp. of variants
1892~
MS1269_018
(HSi)
c. 1892