Squire, Jane. A Proposal for Discovering Our Longitude. Printed for the author, and sold by P. Vaillant and F. Needham, 1742.
Jane Squire
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Standard Name: Squire, Jane
Birth Name: Jane Squire
Self-constructed Name: Jeanne Squire
published in 1742 her single text, a scientific or crypto-scientific treatise explaining her proposed method of ascertaining longitude. She may not have solved this scientific enigma, but she is remarkable as a female mathematician and astronomer of proto-feminist views.