William Derham
1657-1735
English naturalist and theologian best known for his Physico-Theology (1713), which abounds in arguments from design to God, and Astro-theology (1715), which argues that Newto...
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A scholar with many interests, from botany and meteorology to astronomy and physics, William Derham made the most accurate measurements of the speed of sound up to his time. English physicist Sir Isaa...
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William Derham
William Derham