Language: Greek, Ancient / Name: Heron, of Alexandria, mathematician and engineer, c 10-c 70 / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Language Greek, Ancient Name Heron, of Alexandria, mathematician and engineer, c 10-c 70 Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 81
Title:: Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica
Scope & Content:: Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica (TLG 0559.001), with extensive Latin marginal annotations and many pen diagrams, ff 2r-41v. Preceded on f 1r by an extract from Vitruvius, De architectura 9.9, inc. Item sunt ex aqua, expl. ex aqua comparationes explicuit.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 41 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2437
Title:: Hero of Alexandria, Definitiones (TLG 0559.008), with figures of geometrical shapes
Scope & Content:: Hero of Alexandria, Definitiones (TLG 0559.008), with figures of geometrical shapes, ff 2r-47v, preceded and followed by two paper leaves from a noted Latin psalter (of 15th-16th century), ff 1r-v and 48r-v.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 1650
Extent:: 48 folios

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