The Spatial Infinite at Greenwich in Works by Christopher Wren, James Thornhill, and James Thomson: The Newton Connection

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Edwin Mellen Press, 1995 - Architecture - 139 pages
The Greenwich connection with Newtonian science is exemplified by Sir Christopher Wren's spatially-extended, open-center design for the Greenwich Naval Hospital complex, the site of the Royal Observatory, and his application of Newtonian "conics" to the site.

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Contents

The Natural or Newtonian Sublime
19
Wrens Greenwich Naval Hospital and the Spatial Mechanics
35
A Newtonian
59
The Newtonian Sublime of James Thomsons Poem Sacred to
91
Newton the Arts and Greenwich
117
Index
135
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