John Playfair

Scottish scientist and mathematician

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Mathematics

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  • John Playfair. Line engraving by Stewart, 1819, after P. Morris (J.G. Lockhart).
  • John Playfair. Stipple engraving after H. Raeburn.
  • Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • The monument to John Playfair on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1828, after H. Lizars.
  • Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • John Playfair. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1819.
  • The monument to John Playfair (right) and the New Observatory (left) on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Line engraving by A. Cruse after T. H. Shepherd.
  • John Playfair. Stipple engraving by Holl.
  • The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • John Playfair. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1816, after H. Raeburn.

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