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Kings MS 268
- Record Id:
- 040-002017219
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x0002b8
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Kings MS 268
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MATHEMATICAL TRACTS by Nicholas Saunderson, the blind Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge (d. 1739). The contents, most of which are printed (with some variations) in the posthumous volume The Method of Fluxions applied to a select number of Useful Problems (1756), are as follows:-
1. 'Of the composition and resolution of forces', op. cit. p. x. f. 1.
2. 'Of the descent of heavy bodies', ib. p. xii. f. 2 b.
3. 'Of powers and their indexes', ib. p. xxii. f. 10 4. 'Of the a[l]gorithm of fluxions', ib. p. i. f. 11.
5. 'The method of drawing tangents' , ib. p. 8. f. 17.
6. 'Of the doctrine de maximis et minimis', ib. p.11 . f.18b.
7. 'Of infinite series', ib. p. 22. f. 24b.
8. 'Of the inverse method of fluxions " ib. p.25. f.25b.
9. 'Quadrature of the curves', ib. p. 26. f. 26.
10. 'Of the computation of Brigg[s]' logarithms', ib. p.34. f.30 b.
11. 'Of the meneurations of solids', ib. p. 39. f. 32.
12. 'Of the curve surfaces of solid ib. p. 42. f. 33 b.
13. 'To find the circumference of a ib. p. 45. f. 35.
14. 'The methad of reversing series', ib. p. 47. f. 36 b.
15. ' Of the centre of gravity of bodies', ib. p. 53. f. 39 b.
16. 'Two problems concerning gravity', ib. p. 60. f. 44 b.
17. 'Of the motion of pendulums', ib. p. 64. f. 46 b.
18. 'Problemata quaedam circa motum pendulorum' , not printed. Lat. f. 56 b.
19. 'Of the density of the air', ib. p. 79. f. 59 b.
20. 'Of the resistance of bodies in fluids', ib. p. 88. f. 64.
21. Of the [attr]action of a prolate sphæroid upon a particle of matter placed anywhere in its axis produced ', &c., ib. p. 102. f. 71.
The 25 figures referred to in the above articles are missing. The remaining articles are in another hand, and possibly not by the same author. They are accompanied by three pages of figures (ff. 80, 94, 98).
22. ' Trigonometriæ planæ elementa.' Beg. 'Ex datis trianguli lateribus angulos'. f. 76.
23. 'Trigenometriæ sphæricæ elementa.' Beg. ' Sphæræ poli sunt duo puncta'. f. 81 b.
24. ' Demonstratio theorematis Neperiani pro resolutione triangulorum sphaericorum rectangulorum.' f. 91 b.
25. ' Demonstratio theorematis pro resolutione trianguli cujus omnia latera dantur.' f. 95.
Paper; ff. 98. Quarto. 8 in. x 6 1/4 in. XVIII cent. Half-bound in red morocco, marbled sides.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- King's Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016915
040-002017219 - Is part of:
- Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts
Kings MS 268 : MATHEMATICAL TRACTS by Nicholas Saunderson, the blind Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge (d. 1739). The contents, most… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016915[0184]/040-002017219
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
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