Editing Peter Barlow (mathematician) (section)

==Work in mathematics==

In 1801, Barlow was appointed assistant mathematics master at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]],<ref name="eb" /><ref name="mt">[http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Barlow.html MacTutor Biography: Peter Barlow]</ref> and retained this post until 1847.<ref name="bd"/> He contributed articles on mathematics to ''[[The Ladies' Diary]]''<ref name="mt"/> as well as publishing books such as:<ref name="eb"/><ref name="mt"/>
* [https://archive.org/details/anelementaryinv00barlgoog ''An Elementary Investigation of the Theory of Numbers''] (1811);
* [https://archive.org/details/newmathematicalp00barluoft ''A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary''] (1814); and
* [https://archive.org/details/barlowstablesofs00barlrich ''New Mathematical Tables''] (1814).
The latter became known as ''Barlow's Tables'' and gives squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots, and reciprocals of all integer numbers from 1 to 10,000. These tables were regularly reprinted until 1965,<ref name="bd"/> when computers rendered them obsolete.  He contributed to ''[[Rees's Cyclopædia]]'' articles on Algebra, Analysis, Geometry and Strength of Materials. Barlow also contributed largely to the ''[[Encyclopædia Metropolitana]]''.