1. Edward Sang FRSE FRSSA LLD was a Scottish mathematician and civil engineer, best known for having computed large tables of logarithms, with the help of two of his daughters.
13 Facts About Edward Sang
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Edward Sang attended the Subscription School in Kirkcaldy and from there went on to study at the University of Edinburgh.
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Edward Sang was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in May 1836.
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Edward Sang served as their Vice President 1883 to 1885.
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Edward Sang returned to Edinburgh in 1854 to again teach mathematics.
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Edward Sang was elected a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts in 1828, and was its president from 1857 to 1858.
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Edward Sang is buried with his wife and children in Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh.
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Edward Sang's grave is slightly towards the left, on the second circle from the outside.
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Edward Sang was married to Isabella Elmslie and they had five children:.
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In 1836, Edward Sang explained how a spinning top could be used to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth, anticipating Foucault's pendulum.
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Edward Sang worked for many years on trigonometric and logarithmic tables.
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Edward Sang left many manuscripts which are stored at the National Library of Scotland and at Edinburgh University Library.
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Edward Sang had a younger brother John, who was civil engineer and invented a planimeter:.