Ships for Raleigh's Expeditions It was not only as a navigational instructor that Raleigh employed
Harriot. He was involved with the design of the ships for Raleigh's
expeditions as well as being involved in the construction of the
vessels and selecting the seamen. He was Raleigh's accountant, being
responsible for obtaining funding for the expeditions and keeping all
the accounts.
Raleigh had the captains Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe make an
expedition to Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1584.
Although there is no direct evidence that Harriot made this voyage,
Quinn in [23] argues convincingly that he was one of those making this
preliminary survey. Harriot was certainly on a voyage to Virginia
organised by Raleigh in 1585-86. He sailed from Plymouth on 9 April
1585 on board the Tiger and his observations of a solar eclipse on 19
April have allowed modern scientists to compute the exact position of
the ship on that day. Harriot made many notes during his time in the
New World, being particularly interested in the language and customs
(particularly the eating habits) of the inhabitants. The object of the
voyage was to colonise the New World but it was not successful in this
aim.
Drake was engaged in sea battles with the Spanish when he learnt that
they intended to prevent the British colonists becoming established.
Although Drake met up with the colonists, in June 1586 there were
severe storms and there was a hurried return to England by Harriot and
most of the party. Harriot, together with Drake's ships, landed at
Portsmouth in July 15...
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Harriot.
He made the observation that if a, b, c are the roots of a cubic then
the cubic is (x - a)(x - b)(x - c) = 0. This is a major step forward
in understanding which Harriot then carried forward to equations of
higher degree.
. Even his work on algebra Artis Analyticae Praxis ad Aequationes
Algebraicas Resolvendas (1631) was published 10 years after his death
and was edited by people who did not fully appreciate the depth of his
work. For example, it does not discuss negative solutions.
REFEReNCES
Books:
J N Crossley, The emergence of number (Singapore, 1980).
J W Shirley, Thomas Harriot : a biography (Oxford, 1983).
J W Shirley (ed.), A Source book for the study of Thomas Harriot (New
York, 1981).
J W Shirley (ed.), Thomas Harriot : renaissance scientist (Oxford,
1974).
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