Author:Benjamin Williamson
Irish mathematician; Trinity College, Dublin. MA; Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin (1852); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin (1854); Senior Fellow of Trinity (1897); Vice-Provost of Trinity
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "B. W."
This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "B. W."
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "B. W."
This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "B. W."
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "B. W."
Works edit
- An elementary treatise on the differential calculus, containing the theory of plane curves (1880)
- An elementary treatise on the integral calculus (1880) (This treatise was one of the books that Ramanujan had read (at least in part) before he left for England in 1914.[1])
- An elementary treatise on dynamics, containing applications to thermodynamics, with numerous examples (1889)
- Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of the Stress and Strain of Elastic Solids multiple editions 8th ed. (1894)
Contributions to DNB edit
- "Graves, Charles," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
Contributions to EB1911 edit
- "Maclaurin, Colin," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works about Williamson edit
- "Death: Benjamin Williamson," in The Times (1916)
- "Obituary: Benjamin Williamson" in Irish Independent (1916)
- "WILLIAMSON, Benjamin". Who's Who 57: p. 1742. 1905.
- Williamson, Benjamin (1827-1916) Mathematician 125641 at The National Archives
- Benjamin Williamson, Fellow at the Royal Society
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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