Richard de Villamil
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Richard de Villamil (1850-1936) was a british officer and scientist physician).
Grandson of Martin de Villamil (1783-1843), a was at first officer of the British army (India, Jamaica) (1869-1889 at least).
As a scientist, he discovered in 1928 the personnal archives of Isaac Newton and wrote in 1931 a book about him : "Newton, The Man", prefaced by Albert Einstein.
Richard de Villamil played a role in the theory of energetics.
Richard de Villamil also wrote "Soaring flights, simple mechanical solution of the problem" (Ed C. Spon, 1920).
[edit] Works
- Newton, The Man, G.D. Knox, London, 1931, préfacé par Albert Einstein. Réédité par Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, 1972.
- Soaring flights, simple mechanical solution of the problem (Ed C. Spon, 1920).
- Rational mechanic (1928).
