Benjamin Robins (1707–July 29, 1751), English man of science and engineer. Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 31 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. ... UK redirects here. ... // What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... An engineer is someone who practices the engineering profession; a professional practitioner of engineering; someone who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems and produce goods for society. ...

Benjamin Robins was born at Bath. His parents were Quakers in poor circumstances, and gave him very little education. Having come to London by the advice of Dr. Henry Pemberton (1694 - 1771), who had recognized his talents, he for a time maintained himself by teaching mathematics, but soon devoted himself to engineering and the study of fortification. In particular he carried out an extensive series of experiments in gunnery, embodying his results in his famous treatise on New Principles in Gunnery (1742), which contains a description of his ballistic pendulum (see Chronograph). Palladian Pulteney Bridge and the weir at Bath Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... St. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space and change. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... A stopwatch is a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated. ...

Robins also made a number of important experiments on the resistance of the air to the motion of projectiles, and on the force of gunpowder, with computation of the velocities thereby communicated to projectiles. He compared the results of his theory with experimental determinations of the ranges of mortars and cannon, and gave practical maxims for the management of artillery. He also made observations on the flight of rockets, and wrote on the advantages of rifled barrels. His work on gunnery was translated into German by Leonhard Euler, who added to it a critical commentary of his own. Leonhard Euler aged 49 (oil painting by Emanuel Handmann, 1756) Leonhard Euler [oilər] (April 15, 1707 - September 18, 1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. ...

Of less interest nowadays are Robins's more purely mathematical writings, such as his Discourse concerning the Nature and Certainty of Sir Isaac Newton's Methods of Fluxions and of Prime and Ultimate Ratios (1735), A Demonstration of the Eleventh Proposition of Sir Isaac Newton's Treatise of Quadratures (Phil. Trans., 1727), and similar works. Besides his scientific labors Robins took an active part in politics. He wrote pamphlets in support of the opposition to Sir Robert Walpole, and was secretary of a committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the conduct of that minister. He also wrote a preface to the Report on the Proceedings of the Board of General Officers on their Examination into the Conduct of Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope, in which he gave an apology for the battle of Prestonpans. Sir Isaac Newton in Godfrey Knellers 1689 portrait Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727 by the Julian calendar in use in England at the time; or 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 by the Gregorian calendar) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist who... Events 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Events June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ... The Rt. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... Sir John Cope (1690 - 1760) was a British general; was in command at the Battle of Prestonpans, and was defeated by the Pretender there in 1745, in connection with which his name was remembered in Scotland as not having been ready when the Highlanders attacked him, by the song Heigh...

In 1749 he was appointed engineer-general to the East India Company, and went out to superintend the reconstruction of their forts; but his health soon failed, and he died at Fort St David. His works were published in two volumes in 1761. Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... The English East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favour trade privileges in India. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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