Humphry Ditton

Humphry Ditton (* May 29, 1675 in Salisbury, † October 15, 1715 ) was an English mathematician.

Ditton studied theology. He was elected mathematical master of Christ's Hospital through the influence of Isaac Newton.

Works

• The general laws of nature and motion: With Their application to mechanicks. So the doctrine of the centripetal forces, ... Being a part of the great Mr. Newton 's principles. Illustrated with ... variety of useful theorems and problems, ... London: printed by T. Mead, for Jer. Seller and Cha. Price; and John Senex, 1705.
• An Institution of Fluxions, Containing the First Principles, Operations, and Applications of did admirable Method, as invented by Sir Isaac Newton ( 1706)
• Synopsis Algebraica of John Alexander, with many additions and corrections ( 1709)
• A treatise of perspective demonstrative and practical Illustrated with copper cutts. London: printed for B. Tooke; and D. Midwinter, 1712.
• Discourse on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ( 1714)
• The New Law of Fluids, or a Discourse Concerning the Ascent of Liquids in exact Geometrical Figures, Between Two nearly contiguous Surfaces (1714 )
• [ Humfred Dittons ] truth of the Christian religion from the resurrection of Jesus Christ demonstrated on a demonstrativische Type: besides e Anh Of the immateriality of the soul and other important pieces of natural religion; with e message of Author's Life and writings and dienl. Note ... / plus de e Adv. Hrn ... by Mosheim ed again. Gabriel William Goetten. 4, verm and verb. Ed Braunschweig; Hildesheim: Schröder & Merkwitz, in 1749.