Extraordinary Blind Mathematician Moyes and Mitcalfe
An 1782 article recounts Henry Moyes, a renowned blind scholar, and John Mitcalfe, another extraordinary blind man. Moyes mastered geometry alchemy astronomy and chemistry through memory and touch, reconstructing complex ideas without sight and discussing his methods and learning with peers in Manchester.
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