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Record Id:
040-002109878
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002109547
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Add MS 4395
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 212). The chief contents are:- (a) Another portion of the philosophical discourse described above (art. j). Partly Latin. ff. 1-70;- (b) 'Differentiae singulae sequentes quo pacto addendo vel minuendo et singulas precedentes et ipsas acervorum congeries afficiant et componant', with an undated letter, on the flyleaf, from Nathaniel Torporley, mathematician (d. 1632). ff. 89-90;- (c) Monition 'ad mathematicos studiosos' by Warner, when editing T. Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis. It was printed at the end of that work published in 1631. f. 92;- (d) Tables of angles of refraction 'Ex observationibus diligentissimis Tho: Aylesbury et Walt: Warner. Westmonasterii mense Julio 1627 apparent. Ab Aere ad Vitrum'. ff. 96, 99, 119-120, 140;- (e) Extracts 'ex Lydyati calculo' (? Thomas Lydiat, chronologer, d. 1646), in Warner's autograph. ff. 100-101;- (f) Problems in optics, in Warner's autograph. Latin. ff. 103-111, 124-128;-

(g) 'Problematis de longitudine inveniendâ processus' and other propositions, in Warner's autograph. ff. 122-123;- (h)'Mr Hobbes analogy', in Thomas Hobbes's autograph. ff. 131, 133;- (i) Calculations, definitions, etc., on the angle of refraction, etc., in Warner's autograph. Latin. ff. 141-154b;- (j) Geometrical problems, in the same hand as art. a and 4394, art.j. ff.155-183;- (k) 'Of the Search of Truth ... Englished out of French by H[enry] O[ldenburg]. Printed ... 1675'. ff. 185-212 (ff. 185-190 autograph).

includes:

  • ff. 89, 90 Nathaniel Torporley, d 1632 mathematician: Letter, etc., to J. Protheroe: early 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
  • ff. 89, 90 John Protheroe: Letter, etc., to, from N. Torporley: early 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
  • f. 92 Nathaniel Torporley, d 1632 mathematician: Note conc. W. Warner's edition of T. Harriot's 'Artis Analyticae Praxis': circ. 1631.: Autogr.
  • f. 92 Thomas Harriot, mathematician and astronomer: Notes conc. W. Warner's edition of his 'Artis Analyticae Praxis': circ. 1631.
  • ff. 96, 99, 119-120, 140 Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet 1627: Observations by, of angles of refraction: 1627.: Copies, 17th cent.
  • ff. 100-101 Reverend Thomas Lydiat, mathematician; d 1646: Extracts 'ex Lydyati calculo': 17th cent.
  • ff. 131, 133 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher: Notes on refraction: 17th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 185-212 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: 'Of the Search of Truth', translated by: 1675.: Partly autogr.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002109547
036-002109876
040-002109878
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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…
Add MS 4394-4396 : PELL PAPERS (2nd Series) Mathematical and philosophical collections of Dr. John Pell, mathematician (d. 1685) chiefly in the hand…

 

Add MS 4395 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 212). The chief contents are:- (a) Another portion of the philosophical discourse described above (art.…
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Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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Names:
Aylesbury, Thomas, 1st Baronet, civil servant and patron of mathematics, 1576-1657
Harriot, Thomas, mathematician and astronomer
Hobbes, Thomas, philosopher, 1588-1679,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121347861
Lydiat, Thomas, Reverend; mathematician, d 1646
Oldenburg, Henry, theologian, c 1615-1677
Protheroe, John, of Add MS 4395
Torporley, Nathaniel, mathematician, d 1632