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NegleSied Biography, by Dr. WatJxins. 



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tulills, who arc not merchants, have 

 luado this iiiveltiturc ; and no doubts 

 have been fini^ciled as to the exp<>dicncv 

 of f'uch invelbnont. Tlic ac(|uilition of" 

 I.ouiliana lias been by fomc fiippolrd to 

 aftedt the vahie of our new hmd-*, by 

 opening that immenfe countiv tor fcttle- 

 incnt, and conlcc)neatly for lule. Tliei'c 

 is not the Icalt realiju to etpeci rliis. It 

 is well known that tlie policy ami detci- 

 niination of tl>c government is lo con- 

 fohdate the ftien<;th of the nation; jjia- 

 daally to remove the Indians to the well 

 of the Indian i\Iiffilhppi ; and not to 

 open that country, except a fmall i'a!j;ar 

 territory on the Gulf of Mexico, until 

 all the country weft of the mountains, 

 and ealt of the river IMilhlhppi, be fdled 

 uj[), which nnift require from 30 to 50 

 years." I remain, Sir, &c. 



ll. Dl.VMOKE. 



Alexandria, 20th Jnh/, 180(J. 

 For the Mont/i/j/ Magcnine. 



ARTICLES OF >F.GLECTED ISIOO 11 Al'ilV. 

 EDMUND WfXGATE. 



EDMUND WIXGATE, one of the 

 cleare ft writers on arithmetic in tiie 

 Enjililh lansjuagc, was the fon of Uoiier 

 Wingate, efq. of Borneud aufl Sharpeu- 

 iioe, in Bcdfortllliire, but born in York- 

 Ihire in 1593. lie beca\nc a commoner 

 of (Jucen's Collct^e, Oxfjrd, in lG10,,and 

 after taking one degree in aits removed 

 to Gray's Inn, wh(;re he ftudied the law. 

 But his principal inclination was to the 

 mathematics, which he had before ftudied 

 with confidcrable fuccefs at college. In 

 16'->-l he was in France, where he pub- 

 lillied The.Jluie of Propintion, which was 

 the invention of Edmund Guiiter, of 

 tirciliani College. This was much ad- 

 mired by the rreiich inathcmaticians, at 

 vvliofe defire Wingate \\rote an expla- 

 nation of the Rule in French, dedicated 

 to I he Duke of C)rleans. 'While in that 

 eoimtry he taught the Frinceff Henrietta 

 Maria, afterwards wife of Charles the 

 lirft, and her ladies the Kniililh language. 

 After his return to l!'.n<;laud, he beeainc a 

 Ijencherof Gray's Inn; and on the break- 

 ing: out of the great rcbeliion, he joined 

 the popular paity, took the eovi!iiaiit, 

 was made iiiftirc !)f the peace for the 

 county of Bedford, where he relidinl at 

 Woodend, in the pariih of llarliuiitoii, 

 nnd his name occurs in the rcgil'ter of 

 Anipthill chnrcli, us a jufiiee, in 1G51-, 

 when, according to the rejiublican ciiliotn 

 i>i' that period, n>arri!i<'<!? were i;elcbrated 

 1>V »lic civil jnagillratcs. In ItiJO lie took 



the oatli, commonly railed the Engage- 

 ment, became intimate with Cromwell, 

 and was ehofen into his parliament for 

 Bedfortl. He was aHo appointed one of ' 

 the commiifioners for that county to eject 

 from their litnations, thofe loyal clei-gy- 

 meii and fchoolmafters who were ac- 

 cufcd as being fcaudalous and. ignorant. 

 He died in Gray'.s Inn, in 105(3, and was 

 bui-i(^d in the pariih church of St. An- 

 drew, Ilolborn. 



The works of Wingate are. 



l.Tlie \Siv of the Rule of Proportion 

 in Arillnnetic and (Jeumetrv, wherein is 

 infertcd the Coiiftru(^iion and Ul'e of the 

 lame Rule, in (iueliinns that concern 

 Alfronomy, Dialling, GooiiKitry, Naviga- 

 tion, Gauging, &c. Printed in French, 

 at Paris, in IG'll, 8vo. and at London, iii 

 ICnglilli, in 1015 and 1058, 8vo. 



2. Of Natural and Artilicial Arithme- 

 tic, (or Arithmetic made eafy) in two 

 books ; London, 10;;0, fjvo. with an Ap- 

 penrlix concerning the Equation of Thne. 

 — This book hath gone through numerous 

 editions ; the beft is tliat of Mr. Dodlbir. 



;i. Tables of Lf)garithms of the Right 

 Sines and Tangents of all the Degree* 

 and Minutes of the Quadrant; to which 

 is annexed their Ufe ti^r the Refolutioii of 

 all the molt necclfary Problems in Geo- 

 metry, Aftrononiy, (ieographv, and Na- 

 vigation, &c. London, IQSo, 8vo. 



•1. T'hc Conltruclion and Ul'e of the 

 liOgarithmetical Tables, and Refolntion 

 of Triangles, iS:c. — Gf this book there 

 were alio printed editions in I'reiich and 

 Englilli. 



5. Liidus Mathemaliciis, or an Expla- 

 nation of the Deloription, Conllnirtion, 

 and I'fe of the Numerical Table of Pro- 

 portion. London, 105 1, ovo. 



0. Tu(1o:nctri(i, j'cu Tctiigue-nomctria, 

 or the Geometry of Rcguhiis, .practically 

 pvopofed after an exaiH and new Manner, 

 with Rules for ganging Vellels, 8vo. 



7. The exact Surveyor of Ijund, to plot 

 all Grounds,to reduce and divide the fame 

 by the Plain Table, Theodolite, and Cir- 

 cumierentor, iVc. 8vo. 



8. An exact Ahridiiement of all Sta-- 

 tut.es in force and ufe from the Mauna 

 Charlti, to IGll, 8vo. — ^TnisAbridgement 

 was continued by other jierfons dowu to 

 the year 1081. 



9. The Body of the Common Law of 

 ICngland, ike. 8vo. 1055. — This \\cnc 

 through two editions. 



10. JNIaxinis of Reafon, or the Roafoa 

 of the Common l^iw of Englund, 1058, 

 lolio. 



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