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Add MS 4415
- Record Id:
- 040-002109901
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000273
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- Add MS 4415
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i + 330). Various works and extracts, partly in Pell's autograph, among them being:-(a) 'De progressionis differentialis gradu secundo'; 1630. f. 9;-(b) 'Logistica generalis'; 1634. f. 15;-(c) 'Progymnasma analyticum'; 1637. f. 19;-(d) 'Paradigmata progressionis differentialis'. ff. 90-91;-(e) 'Geometriae subjectum'. ff. 260-261. Interspersed are many geometrical problems, tables and calculations of logarithms, extracts from the mathematical works of Henry Briggs, Thomas Harriot, Simon Stevin, Joseph Moxon, Apollonius Pergaeus, etc.
includes:
- f. 2 Nicolaus Mercator, d 1687 FRS; Danish astronomer and mathematician: Note by J. Pell on his 'Logarithmo-technia': 17th cent.
- ff. 70, 83 Thomas Harriot, mathematician and astronomer: Notes on his mathematical works: 17th cent.
- f. 85 Simon Stevin, Flemish mathematician: Notes from a mathematical work by (1585): 17th cent.
- ff. 126b-131 Joseph Moxon, hydrographer and mathematician: Notes on logarithmitical tables: aft. 1657.
- ff. 133, 166-192 Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Notes on his logarithmetical tables: 17th cent.
- f. 225 William Byrd, composer: 'Mr. Bird's inimitable lesson, containing 2 parts in one upon a Plainsong', transcribed by J. Pell,: 17th cent.
- ff. 241-248b Apollonius, Pergaeus, Greek mathematician; fl. 246-205 BC: Note on his work on conics: 17th cent.
- ff. 256-259 Pierre de Fermat, d 1665 French mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.: Lat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109901 - 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 4415 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i + 330). Various works and extracts, partly in Pell's autograph, among them being:-(a) 'De… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0008]/040-002109901
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1630
- End Date:
- 1637
- Date Range:
- 1630-1637
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Apollonius, of Perga, mathematician, 200 BC
Briggs, Henry, mathematician, d 1631
Byrd, William, composer
Fermat, Pierre, French mathematician, 1607-1665
Harriot, Thomas, mathematician and astronomer
Mercator, Nicolaus, FRS; Danish astronomer and mathematician, d 1687
Moxon, Joseph, hydrographer and mathematician
Stevin, Simon, Flemish mathematician