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1. Add MS 4407-4431

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Add MS 4407-4431
Title:
PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and their solutions, tables and calculations of logarithms, etc., chiefly autograph. For other collections made by Pell see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396 and 4397-4404. The names of the writers of a few original letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Twenty-four volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1609-1678]
Extent:
25 items

2. Add MS 4408-4409

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Add MS 4408-4409
Title:
PELL PAPERS. Extracts from mathematical works, miscellaneous calculations of logarithms, geometrical problems, notes on optics, etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 4409

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Add MS 4409
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Scope & Content:
Vol. III (ff. i + 392). includes: f. 18 Johann Heinrich Rahn, the elder; Swiss mathematician: Letter to: 1654: Lat. f. 20 Jacobus a Wassanaer: Mathematical problems: 17th cent.: Dutch. f. 21 Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet; diplomatist and mathematician: Note by J. Pell on the cyclometrical pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item