Ivory, Sir James (1765-1842)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3739. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Mathematician, born in Dundee, Scotland. After a business career he became professor of mathematics at the Royal Military College, Great Marlow (which became Sandhurst). He retired early because of ill-health and devoted himself to mathematical research, particularly as applied to astronomical problems such as the gravitational attraction of ellipsoids, the shape of self-gravitating rotating f...

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