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201. Add MS 88942/1/208

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Essay towards a General Solution of Numerical Equations of all Degrees having Integer Roots')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains the first portion of a draft of 'Essay towards a General Solution of Numerical Equations...' (1875), i.e. numbered pages 1-12. For the remainder of the draft (beginning numbered page 13), see Add MS 88942/1/207. The file includes corrected printer's proofs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874?-1875
Extent:
1 notebook, plus printer's proofs

202. Add MS 88942/1/209

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains algebraic equations of the third degree. It is probably related to Talbot's 'Essay towards a General Solution of Numerical Equations of all Degrees having Integer Roots' (1875). Notebook started: 25 Apr [1875].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1875]
Extent:
1 notebook (15 folios, 16 pages of text)

203. Add MS 88942/1/210

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Note on the early History of Spectrum Analysis')
Scope & Content:
Draft of an article Talbot published much later, in 1872. Talbot refers to Fraunhofer, Brewster, Newton, and Wollaston. Several references are quoted up to 1842, and reference is made to the 'Manchester meeting' (1842) of the British Association (numbered p. 9).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1842
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 12 pages of text), 2 loose sheets (2 folios, 2 pages of text)

204. Add MS 88942/1/211

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Add MS 88942/1/211
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('On some properties of Conic Sections')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains notes on geometry entitled ‘On some properties of conic sections’. It is possibly a very first draft for a publication (see also Add MS 88942/1/213). Four pages dated 'March 3 [18]66' are headed 'Commencement of a proposed new paper'. At the back of the notebook (upside-d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
1 notebook (50 folios, 70 pages of text)

205. Add MS 88942/1/212

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Add MS 88942/1/212
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Note on Confocal Conic Sections')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains elementary geometry and was started after 1864/65 when Talbot purchased a house in 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh. It contains a draft for Talbot's 'Note on Confocal Conic Sections' (1865) and continues with Add MS 88942/1/213. Talbot discussed the same subject with the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1864
Extent:
1 notebook (53 folios, 14 pages of text)

206. Add MS 88942/1/213

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Add MS 88942/1/213
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('On some properties of Conic Sections')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains elementary geometry and was started in the period 1864/65 when Talbot purchased a house in 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh. It contains a draft for Talbot's 'Note on Confocal Conic Sections' (1865), and continues Add MS 88942/1/212. Talbot discussed the same subject with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1864]-1865
Extent:
1 notebook (20 folios, 23 pages of text)

207. Add MS 88942/1/214

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Add MS 88942/1/214
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on algebra, equations of degree 3 and 5, solutions of a cubic, and refers back to Talbot's studies of the 1830s. The inside front cover records that it was commenced at 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh, and was therefore begun after 1864/65 when Talbot purchased thi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1860s]
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 8 pages of text)

208. Add MS 88942/1/215

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Add MS 88942/1/215
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('The Elements of Plane Geometry extracted from the works of Playfair, Le Gendre, and others')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains mainly notes on mathematics and begins with copied extracts entitled 'The Elements of Plane Geometry'. It also includes a brief note dated 'April 18th 1817' on the conjunction of Mars and Saturn. With many blank pages, and a few pages cut out.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816?-1817
Extent:
1 notebook (74 folios, 22 pages of text)

209. Add MS 88942/1/216

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Add MS 88942/1/216
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
This mathematical exercise notebook contains algebraic equations and a few notes on analytical geometry, and may relate to Add MS 88942/1/198.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 46 pages of text), 5 loose sheets (5 folios, 10 pages of text)

210. Add MS 88942/1/217

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Add MS 88942/1/217
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
A notebook containing rough calculations, mainly algebraic equations of third and fifth degree, some analyses (integrals, differentials and trigonometric functions) as well as many auxiliary calculations. It is related to Add MS 88942/1/197.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (36 folios, 7 pages of text)