Author:Robert Smith (1689-1768)

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Robert Smith
(1689–1768)

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English mathematician and music theorist.

Works

Works written

A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, viz. a Popular, a Mathematical, a Mechanical, and a Philosophical Treatise, to Which Are Added Remarks upon the Whole (1738), with Samuel Molyneux and John Hadley (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
Harmonics, or, The Philosophy of Musical Sounds (1749)

Works edited

Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures by Roger Cotes (1738) (external scan)

Works about Smith

"Smith, Robert (1689-1768)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Smith, Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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