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Playfair, John

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Scotch mathematician, born at Benvie; bred for the Church, became professor first of Mathematics and then of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University; wrote on geometry and geology, in the latter supported the Huttonian theory of the earth (1748-1819).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Playfair, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/playfair-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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