William Moore (British mathematician)
- William Moore (British mathematician)
William Moore (fl. c.1806–1823 [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/58180 W. Johnson, ‘Moore, William (fl. c.1806–1823)’, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004] , accessed 22 April 2006] ) was a British mathematician and early contributor to rocket theory. He worked at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. His 1813 "Treatise" was the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion. Little is known of his life, because many relevant historical documents were destroyed by German bombing in World War II.
Publications
* "A Treatise on the Doctrine of Fluxations" (1811)
* "Treatise on the Motion of Rockets [and] an Essay on Naval Gunnery" (1813)
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