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Slonimski, Hayyim Selig (1810–1904)
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Polish Hebrew writer and editor. He was born in Bialystok. During the Haskalah he wrote articles on popular science, and in 1834 he published the first part of a mathematics textbook; later he wrote a work on astronomy. He also invented a calculating machine and in 1862 founded a Hebrew newspaper, Ha-tzephirah , devoted to popular science. ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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