Some time back I wrote about the engraver and instrument maker Augustine Ryther (fl. 1576–1593), who stood at the beginning of a dynasty of instrument makers in the Worshipful Company of Groce…| The Renaissance Mathematicus
In the last post in this series, we took an in depth look at the career of the English mariner Sir Robert Dudley (1574–1649). This ended with an account of the scientific instruments that he left b…| The Renaissance Mathematicus