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Sir William Petty's Memoir (1623-1687): An English Physician, Scientist, and Cartographer
Author(s): Thomas E. Jordan (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 168 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773440569
- ISBN-13: 9780773440562
Book Description
Sir William Petty narrates the events of his life for his children in which he describes his modest prospects as a boy in Hampshire and addressing the career he carved out as a physician at Oxford and then conducting the Down Survey of property for the army of Oliver Cromwell.
