and Samuel Engel, whose refinement of Moxon's ideas would influence Captain Cook's Third Voyage in search of the Northwest Passage. Death When Moxon died in 1691 his estate and business was carried on by his son, mapmaker, engraver and instrument-maker James Moxon. Works A Tutor to Astronomy & Geography. Or, The Use of the Copernican Spheres. London (1665) Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works, 2 volumes. London (1677-1683). A collection of some attempts made to the North-East, and North-West, for the finding a passage to Japan, China, &c. London (1676) With Thomas Tuttell. Mathematicks made easie, or, A mathematical dictionary explaining the terms of art and difficult phrases used in arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, astrology, and other mathematical sciences. London (1700) Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works. London (1703 edition) Notes References Eells, W.C., "The First Mathematical Dictionary", The Mathematics Teacher, Vol.54, No.4, (April 1961), pp.255-260. Hallerberg, A.E., "Joseph Moxon, Mathematical Practitioner", The Mathematics Teacher, Vol.55, No.6 (October 1962), pp.490-492. Hargrave, J.E. (2015), "Joseph Moxon: A Re-Fashioned Appraisal", Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, Vol.39, No.3, (September 2015), pp.163-181. Jagger, G., "Joseph Moxon, FRS, and the Royal Society", Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol.49, No.2, (July 1995), pp.193-208. Malone, E.A., "The Use of Playing Cards to Communicate Technical and Scientific Information", Technical Communication, Vol.55, No.1 (February 2008), pp.49-60. Turner, A.J., "Mathematical Instruments and the Education of Gentlemen", Annals of Science, Vol.30, No.1, (1973) pp.51-88. 1627 births 1691 deaths English lexicographers 17th-century English mathematicians People educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Fellows of the Royal Society English hydrographers