CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked" en Thu, 21 May 2026 05:48:39 +0000 chdot on ""Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1793#post-17947 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:22:20 +0000 chdot 17947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"John Playfair was a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, professor of mathematics and of natural philosophy at Edinburgh University and, as the driving force behind the iconic observatory on Calton Hill, he helped establish the city as the Athens of the North."</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/39Athens-of-the-North39-finally.6646247.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/39Athens-of-the-North39-finally.6646247.jp</a></p> <p>SO, is he originator of "iconic"? </p> chdot on ""Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1793#post-17930 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:39:39 +0000 chdot 17930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hutton leaflet -</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/downloads/rigsleaflet_hutton.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/downloads/rigsleaflet_hutton.pdf</a></p> <p>Mentions Playfair. </p> Min on ""Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1793#post-17928 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:30:16 +0000 Min 17928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He is in the Covenanter's Prison.</p> <p>Edit-Hutton I mean. </p> kaputnik on ""Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1793#post-17923 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:06:08 +0000 kaputnik 17923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He of Hutton's Section? Was taken there for a first year university Geography field trip. Add the former to the heritage ride too! </p> chdot on ""Grave of mathematician John Playfair to be marked"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1793#post-17918 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:45:23 +0000 chdot 17918@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>NOTHING to do with cycling - apart from it being the best way to visit the historic sites/sights of Edinburgh. ("<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Playfair">He is perhaps best known for his book Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth (1802), which summarized the work of James Hutton</a>" - another famous Edinburgh scientist.)</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/breaking-edinburgh-news/Grave-of-mathematician-John-Playfair.6644463.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/breaking-edinburgh-news/Grave-of-mathematician-John-Playfair.6644463.jp</a> </p>