 The Middle Temple 's Molyneux globes are the subject of a book @-@ length project , The Molyneux Globes : Mathematical Practice and Theory , by Dr. Lesley B. Cormack , Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Classics of the Faculty of Arts , University of Alberta . The project examines the community of mathematicians , natural philosophers , instrument @-@ makers , and gentlemen @-@ virtuosi that developed around the creation of the Molyneux globes , particularly the histories of four men who wrote treatises about the globes and the larger mathematical community . 
