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In 1767 he published A Treatise on Mensuration which he states is
adapted particularly to the Uses of Schools, Mathematicians and Mechanics.Many later writers borrowed material from this book.
In 1775 Hutton published five volumes of extracts from the Ladies' Diary dealing with
entertaining mathematical and poetical parts .He received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for The Force of Fired Gunpowder and the velocity of Cannon Balls (1778). He also computed the mean density of the Earth based on Maskelyne's data from Schiehallion in An Account of the Calculations made from the Survey and Measures taken at Schiehallion in order to ascertain the mean density of the Earth (1779).
In 1781 Hutton published Mathematical Tables for the Board of Longitude.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
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List of References (2 books/articles)
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| Mathematicians born in the same country
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| Cross-references to History Topics | Thomas Harriot's manuscripts |
| Honours awarded to Charles Hutton (Click a link below for the full list of mathematicians honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | Elected 1774
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| Royal Society Copley Medal | Awarded 1778 |
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JOC/EFR December 1996
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