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Add MS 4414
- Record Id:
- 040-002109900
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000272
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- ISAD(G)
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- 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 Ouestions in the Appendix of ... [Edmund] Wingate's Arithmetic made easy printed ... 1650. ff. 11, 14-l8;- (c) a fragment of Pietro Mengoli's Arithmetica Realis, Bologna, 1675. ff. 136-156. Interspersed are many geometrical problems, logarithms, etc.
includes:
- ff. 2-10b Thomas Brancker, Vicar of Whitegate, county Cheshire; mathematician: Papers connected with the 'Introduction to Algebra': 1668.
- ff.2-10b John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Papers connected with Brancker's 'Introduction to Algebra' augmented by: circ. 1668.
- f. 10 John Collins, d 1683 FRS; mathematician: Publisher's preface to Brancker's 'Introduction to Algebra': 1668.
- ff. 11, 14-18 Edmund Wingate, mathematician: Notes by J. Pell on the appendix to his 'Arithmetic made easy' (1650): 17th cent.
- ff. 11, 14-18 John Kersey, the elder; mathematician: Extracts from his edition of Wingate's 'Arithmetique made easie' (1650): 17th cent.
- f. 67 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'The London Gazette': 1669, 1671.
- f. 77 Ezekiel Decker: Mathematical problem: 17th cent.
- ff. 106, 107 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence with A. Pollard: 1635.
- ff. 106,107 Arthur Pollard, Vicar of East Dean and Friston: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1635.
- ff. 136-156 Pietro Mengoli, Italian mathematician: Extracts from his 'Arithmetica Realis': aft. 1675.
- ff.168, 170 Franciscus à Schooten, d 1660 the younger; Dutch mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.: Lat.
- f. 169 Florimond de Beaune, French mathematician: Extract from his 'De natura aequationum' (1659): 17th cent.
- ff. 176b, 178, 183 John Twysden, MD: Extracts from his 'Problematum quorundam Mathematicorum Analytice Solutio et constructio' (1659),: 17th cent.
- f. 207 Richard Knowles, of Pontefract: Action against, for trespass: 1652.
- f. 207 William Heptonstall, of Featherstone, county Yorkshire: Action for trespass against R. Knowles: 1652.
- f. 223 Honorat de Meynier, French soldier and writer; d. circa 1638: Note on arithmetical problem by: 17th cent.
- f. 254 John Wallis, DD, FRS; mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109900 - 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 4407-4431 : PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and…
Add MS 4414 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 255). The contents include:- (a) papers relating to An Introduction to Algebra translated ... by… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0007]/040-002109900
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4101-4478
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1650
- End Date:
- 1675
- Date Range:
- 1650-1675
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Beaune, Florimond, French mathematician
Brancker, Thomas, Vicar of Whitegate, county Cheshire; mathematician
Collins, John, FRS; mathematician, d 1683
Decker, Ezekiel, mathematician, fl 17th century
Heptonstall, William, of Featherstone, county Yorkshire
Kersey, John, the elder; mathematician
Knowles, Richard, of Pontefract
Mengoli, Pietro, Italian mathematician
Meynier, Honorat, French soldier and writer; d. circa 1638
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Pollard, Arthur, Vicar of East Dean and Friston
Schooten, Franciscus, the younger; Dutch mathematician, d 1660
Twysden, John, MD; of Add MS 4414
Wallis, John, DD, FRS; mathematician
Wingate, Edmund, mathematician