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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Name Wallis, John, DD, FRS; mathematician Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4275

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Vol. II (ff. 331). A-H; circ. 1584-1722. includes: f. 1 Roger Acroide, DD; Archdeacon of the West Riding of York: Letter to Dean -: 1614.f. 2 John Agate, d 1720 DD; Rector of Stawley: Letter to R. Banks: 1703.f. 4 Richard Allestree, DD; provost of Eton: Letter to the Bp of Oxford: 1675....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1584-1722
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1 item

2. Add MS 4276

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Vol. III (ff. 225). I-W; circ. 1539-1716. includes: f. 1 James Talbot, DD; Rector of Spofforth 1700: Letter to, from H. James: 1698. f. 1 Henry James, DD, President of Queens' College, and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University: Letter to J.Talbot: 1698. f. 2 John Issett, Chaplain to William ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1539-1716
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4292

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Collection of letters and papers made by Thomas Birch, chiefly transcripts in his autograph but including a few original letters; 17th-18th centt. Included are: (a) copies of the correspondence of Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, made from the originals among Bishop Gibson's MSS. in Lam...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

4. Add MS 4294

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OLDENBURG CORRESPONDENCE Miscellaneous original letters, etc., addressed chiefly to Henry Oldenburg, Secretary to the Royal Society, by scientific men; 1665-1676. 'Re writers include:- (1) Sir Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg; 24-26 Oct. 1676. Latin and English. ff. 1-10, 12. (2) John Beale...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1665-1676
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1 item

5. Add MS 4394

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PELL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 479). The chief contents are:- (a) Animadversions of John Wallis, Savilian Professor of Geometry, on Thomas Hobbes's De Principiis et Ratiocinatione Geometrarum, 1666, in form of a letter; circa 1666. Autograph. Imperfect. ff. 30-31b;- (b) Treatise on faith and works, th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1684
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1 item

6. Add MS 4414

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PELL PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 255). The contents include:- (a) papers relating to An Introduction to Algebra translated ... by Thomas Brancker, M.A., much altered ... by D.P. (i.e. Dr. Pell), the letter 'To the Readers' being in Brancker's autograph. 1668. ff. 2-10b;-(b) Notes on John Kersey's 28 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1650-1675
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1 item

7. Add MS 4425

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Vol. XIX (ff. 413). includes: f. 8 Giovanni Battista Calvenzano, merchant, of Milan: Bookplate: 17th cent. ff. 48, 82 William Oughtred, d 1660 mathematician: Extracts from his mathematical works: 17th cent. f. 57 (copy), 60 John Collins, d 1683 FRS; mathematician: Letter to, from M. Davy: 1675...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1663
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1 item

8. Add MS 4432

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 392). (1) 'Dr [William] Croon's account of the weight of a Carp'; 1663. f. 1. (2) 'Remarks on the Journal of [Thomas] Batts and [Robert] Fallam, in their Discovery of the Western Parts of Virginia in 1671', by John Mitchell, M.D., F.R.S.; aft. 1755. The jour...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1755
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1 item