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- 040-002109903
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- 032-002109547
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000275
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. Xl (ff. 459). Problems, exercises and extracts from the works of Diophantus Alexandrinus, Franciscus Vieta, Alexander Anderson of Aberdeen, etc. Among them are:- (a) Definitions, etc. of astronomical anomalies. ff. 26-37;- (b) Canons of arithmetical progression. ff. 43b-46;- (c) 'Quadraticall Æquations solved by Delineation'. ff. 54-62;- (d) Extracts from 'Controversiae De Vera
Circuli Mensurâ inter Ch. Se. Longomontanum et Joannem Pellium, Anno 1664'. ff. 267-272;- (e) Extracts from Franciscus Vieta's Zeteticorum liber.. . , Tours, 1591. ff. 443-459.
includes:
- ff. 26-37 Astronomy: Definitions, etc. of anomalies: 17th cent.
- ff.45,52 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letters to, from Sir S. Morland: 1672.
- ff.47,52 Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet; diplomatist and mathematician: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1658-1683.: Engl. and Lat.: Partly copies.
- f. 218 Amandus Keller, German antiquary: Proposals to the King and Parliament for raising funds: circ. 1683.: Copy.
- ff. 267-272 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: 'Controversiae de verâ circuli mensurâ', with C. S. Longomontanus: 1644.: Autogr. extr.
- ff. 267-272 Christianus Severinus Longomontanus, d 1647 Danish astronomer: Papers conc. his controversy with J. Pell, 'De Verâ Circuli mensurâ': 1644.: Lat. and Engl.: Partly printed.
- f. 291 Alexander Anderson, of Aberdeen; mathematician: Extracts from his 'Supplementum Apollonii redivivi' (1612),: 17th cent.
- ff. 442-459 Franciscus Vieta, d 1603 French geometrician: Extracts from and notes on his mathematical works: 17th cent.: Lat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109903 - 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 4417 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. Xl (ff. 459). Problems, exercises and extracts from the works of Diophantus Alexandrinus, Franciscus Vieta,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0010]/040-002109903
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- File
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- 1 item
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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:
- Anderson, Alexander, of Aberdeen; mathematician
Keller, Amandus, German antiquary
Longomontanus, Christianus Severinus, Danish astronomer, d 1647
Morland, Samuel, 1st Baronet, diplomatist and mathematician
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Vieta, Franciscus, French geometrician, d 1603