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1. Add MS 4425-4429

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Add MS 4425-4429
Title:
PELL PAPERS. Solutions of various trigonometrical, optical, and philosophical problems, with tables of logarithms, etc., and (in 4426) some tradesrnen's and household bills (1661-1663) and family notes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1663
Extent:
5 items

2. 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

3. Add MS 4419

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Add MS 4419
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Scope & Content:
PELL PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. i + 341). Miscellaneous geometrical and trigonometrical problems, calculations, and extracts from the works of William Oughtred, Henry Briggs, Diophantus Alexandrinus, etc. Diophantus, of Alexandria; Greek mathematician: Arithmetical problems by: 17th cent. includes: ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4428

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Scope & Content:
Vol. XXII (ff. 339). includes: f. 24 Rudolph van Ommeren, Dutch Commissioner to the Evangelical Cantons of Switzerland: Letter to J. Pell: circ. 1656.: Fr. f. 24 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letter to, from R. van Ommeren: circ. 1656.: Fr. ff. 44-45b Calendars: 'How to find E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1663
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4407

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Add MS 4407
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Scope & Content:
PELL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 198). The contents include:- (1) 'Christiani Hugenii, De Saturni luna observatio nova'; The Hague, 5 Mar. 1656. f. 1. (2) Treatise on geometry, perhaps by George Hastines; n.d. ff. 2-30. (3) Treatise on geometry, perhaps by - Chauveau whose name appears at the head. French. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item