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Peter Nicholson
Mathematician, Author
1765 – 1844
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Who was Peter Nicholson?
Peter Nicholson was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch, his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1765
Prestonkirk - Profession
- Died
- Jun 18, 1844
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on July 23, 2013
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