About Augustus William Smith
Lived 1802 – 1866 (aged 63). Augustus William Smith was an American mathematician.
Augustus William Smith (May 12, 1802 – March 26, 1866) was an American educator, astronomer and mathematician in the mid-19th century.
Smith was born in Newport, Herkimer County, New York, May 12, 1802. He attended Hamilton College, and graduated in 1825. After college, he began teaching in the Methodist Oneida conference seminary, in Cazenovia, New York.
Smith was the author of several text books, including An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics, Embracing the Theory of Statics and Dynamics, and Its Application to Solids and Fluids.
He died at Annapolis, on March 26, 1866.
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American mathematician
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Augustus William Smith was born on 12 May 1802 in Newport.
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