| 词条 | Wesley S. B. Woolhouse |
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Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse (6 May 1809 – 12 August 1893) was an English actuary with diverse interests in music theory, the design of steam locomotives, measurements, and many other fields, publishing books in all these fields. He was born in North Shields, England and at the age of thirteen won a mathematical prize offered by The Ladies' Diary, competing against adult competition.[1] From 1830 to 1837 he was Deputy Secretary of the Nautical Almanac. In 1844 he became editor of The Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, and continued in this role until 1865. A problem he published in The Lady's and Gentleman's Diary was the inspiration for Thomas Kirkman to publish his first mathematical work, on Kirkman's schoolgirl problem, beginning the mathematical study of combinatorial designs.[2] His book, Essays on Musical Intervals, Harmonics, and the Temperament of the Musical Scale, advocated 19-tone equal temperament and used a division of the octave into 730 parts, now designated as Woolhouse units,[3] for measuring musical intervals. He is credited with a formula for numerical integration.[4] In 1848 he was a co-founder of the Institute of Actuaries. He died on 12 August 1893.[5] His daughter, Emma Mary (Woolhouse) Rea, married musician Dr. William Rea of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.[6] Books
Notes and references1. ^{{cite book |title= The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend - Vol. V|year= 1891|publisher= Walter Scott|location= Newcastle upon Tyne, England|isbn= |page= |pages= 327–328}} 2. ^{{citation | last = Biggs | first = N. L. | doi = 10.1112/blms/13.2.97 | issue = 2 | journal = The Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society | mr = 608093 | pages = 97–120 | title = T. P. Kirkman, mathematician | volume = 13 | year = 1981}}. 3. ^Logarithmic musical intervals 4. ^Woolhouse's Formulas in the MathWorld encyclopedia 5. ^{{citation|journal=Musical News|title=Miscellaneous Notes|date=26 August 1893|volume=5|pages=184–185|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R2RCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA185}} 6. ^Newcastle's Musical Heritage: An Introduction; containing a biographical note on Dr. William Rea 7. ^Tonalsoft Encyclopedia of Microtonal Music Theory External links
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