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Morlands Cryptology, 1666 Art Print
by Folger Shakespeare Library
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Morlands Cryptology, 1666 art print by Folger Shakespeare Library. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers to protect secrets, began thousands of years ago. Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 - December 30, 1695)... more
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Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers to protect secrets, began thousands of years ago. Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 - December 30, 1695) was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power. Devoting much time to the study of mathematics, he also became an accomplished Latinist and was proficient in Greek, Hebrew and French. While serving as secretary to John Thurloe, a Commonwealth official in charge of espionage, he became disillusioned with the Government of the Commonwealth. As a double agent, he began to work towards the Restoration, engaging in espionage and cryptography. He had a lifelong acquaintance with Samuel Pepys and corresponded with him about naval gun-carriages, designed a machine to weigh ship's anchors, developed new forms of barometers, and designed a cryptographic machine. Taken from "A new method of cryptography, humbly presented to the most se...
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