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Add MS 4416
- Record Id:
- 040-002109902
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000274
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- Add MS 4416
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 305). Extracts from astronomical works, including 'The Everlasting Tables of Heavenly Motions ... composed by Philip Lansberg ... 1632, now turned out of Latine into English [by Pell?] ... 1634' (ff. 1-3); mathematical problems and solutions; and part of a printed copy of Samuel Hartlib's The Reformed Husbandman, 1652 (ff. 281-288), etc.
includes:
- ff. 1-3 Philippus van Lansbergen, Dutch astronomer: Astronomical tables by, translated by J. Pell: 1634.
- f. 5 Thomas Strode, mathematician, of Maperton: Astronomical problem: 1672.
- f. 25b Mespira Rogers: Letters to Mrs. I. Pell: 1637.
- f. 25b Ithumaria Pell, wife of J Pell, DD: Letter to, from Mrs. Rogers: 1637.
- f. 52b James Gregory, d 1675 FRS; mathematician: Solution of a mathematical problem by: 17th cent.
- ff. 54-56 Colonel Silius Titus, MP: List of mathematical works borrowed from, by J. Pell: 1675.
- ff. 159 (imperf.), 166 William Becher: Letters to his cousin, Sir W. Becher: 1643.
- f. 174 London; Westminster. Abbey of St Peter: Note on repairs to the celestial globe in the library: 17th cent.
- ff. 211, 217 John Collins, d 1683 FRS; mathematician: Letters to J. Brancker: 1667.: Extr.
- ff. 211, 217 Thomas Brancker, Vicar of Whitegate, county Cheshire; mathematician: Letters to, from J. Collins: 1667.: Extr.
- ff.281-288 Samuel Hartlib, writer of education and husbandry: 'The Reformed Husbandman': 1652.: Printed. Imperf.
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- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109902 - 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 4416 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 305). Extracts from astronomical works, including 'The Everlasting Tables of Heavenly Motions ... composed… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0009]/040-002109902
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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
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1652
- End Date:
- 1652
- Date Range:
- 1652
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Becher, William, of Add MS 4416
Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, 616-1540
Brancker, Thomas, Vicar of Whitegate, county Cheshire; mathematician
Collins, John, FRS; mathematician, d 1683
Gregory, James, alias Gregorie, mathematician and astronomer, 1638-1675
Hartlib, Samuel, writer of education and husbandry
Lansbergen, Philippus, Dutch astronomer
Pell, Ithumaria, wife of J Pell, DD
Rogers, Mespira
Strode, Thomas, mathematician, of Maperton
Titus, Silius, Colonel; MP