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Add MS 4396
- Record Id:
- 040-002109879
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000260
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- Add MS 4396
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 145). The chief contents are:- (a) 'Axiomata ex canonis genesi analogorum scilicet et tacticorum habitudine deducta atque ex illis definitiones' in Warner's autograph. ff. 1-39;- (b) 'De resectione spacii', in the same hand. ff. 40-62b;- (c) Definitions and propositions on the science of hitting a mark. Imperfect.
ff. 63b-73b;- (d )'Doctrinae Analyticae. Inventum novum collectum ex epistolis D. P. Fermat' (Pierre de Fermat), 1670. Extract. ff. 83-84b;-
(e) Letter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in favour of Walter Warner concerning the latter's editing the posthumous works of 'Mr H' (Thomas Harriot); 5 July 1632. Copy, in Warner's autograph. f. 90;- (f) Definitions, propositions, etc. on numbers; in Warner's autograph. Latin. ff. 93-115, 131-144;- (g) Problems, etc., on quantities, in the same hand. Latin. ff. 116-129.
includes:
- ff. 83-84b Pierre de Fermat, d 1665 French mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.: Lat.
- f. 90 Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland: Letter to, from Sir T. Aylesbury: 1632.: Copy.
- f. 90 Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet 1627: Letter to Lord Northumberland: 1632.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109876
040-002109879 - Is part of:
- 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 4396 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 145). The chief contents are:- (a) 'Axiomata ex canonis genesi analogorum scilicet et tacticorum… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0165]/036-002109876[0003]/040-002109879
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4101-4478
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Aylesbury, Thomas, 1st Baronet, civil servant and patron of mathematics, 1576-1657
Fermat, Pierre, French mathematician, 1607-1665
Percy, Henry, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 1421-1461