Thomas Godfrey (inventor)
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Thomas Godfrey (inventor)
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Thomas Godfrey was a glazier and self-taught mathematician and astronomer in the Pennsylvania Colony, who invented the octant in 1730. A similar octant was also independently invented about the same time by John Hadley in London with Hadley receiving the greater share of the credit for development. He published almanacs and contributed essays on mathematics, astronomy and general topics to the Pennsylvania Gazette and Pennsylvania Journal. He assisted the Welsh surveyor Lewis Evans in conducting
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American glazier, mathematician, astronomer and inventor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Godfrey_(inventor)
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2004-06-30T18:29:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:47:44Z
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