Cornelis de Waard

Cornelis de Waard (born August 19, 1879 in Bergen op Zoom, died in Vlissingen on May 6, 1963) was a Dutch historian who specialized in science of the seventeenth century.^[1]

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de Waard discovered and published several original writings of scholars of this period, including letters from Marin Mersenne and the journal of Isaac Beeckman. He assisted Étienne Gilson in the preparation of his edition of René Descartes' Discourse on the Method. In his 1906 “De uitvinding der verrekijkers” ("The Discovery of the Telescope"), one of the first modern works on the subject, he put forward evidence that supported Middelburg spectacle-maker Zacharias Janssen as the inventor of the device.^[2]

Published works

“De uitvinding der verrekijkers” (The Hague, 1906) ("The Discovery of the Telescope")
The expedition of Cornelis Evertsen the Younger
L'experience barometrique. Ses antecedents et ses explications, (Imprimerie Nouvelle, Thouars, 1936) A historical study
(in collaboration with Paul Tannery and Charles Henry) Works of Fermat (1891-1922, 5 vols.), Paris.
(in collaboration of Paul Tannery and René Pintard) Correspondence of P. Marin Mersenne, minor religious (1932-1988), Presses universitaires de France, XVII volumes
Journal of Isaac Beeckman from 1604 to 1634 (1939-1953, 4 vols.), Ed. Martinus Nijhoft, The Hague.

References

^ Joseph W. Dauben, Christoph J. Scriba, Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development, Springer Science & Business Media - 2002, page 409
^ Albert Van Helden, Sven Dupré, Rob van Gent, The Origins of the Telescope, Amsterdam University Press - 2010, page 37-39

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