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Add MS 4418
- Record Id:
- 040-002109904
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000276
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- Add MS 4418
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. i+359). Geometrical, arithmetical and chronological tables and problems. Among them are:- (a) Note on the Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetua of Philippus van Lansbergen. f. 4;- (b) Extract from Pell's Oratio Inauguralis Bredae, 1646. f. 101;- (c) Suggestions for re-naming Virginia and New England, Antispania; 1636. f. 219;- (d) 'Mr Bird's [William Byrd] inimitable Lesson, conteining 2 Parts in one upon a Plainesong, transcribed out of [Thomas] Morley by [? Charles] Butler and thence', by Pell. f. 225;- (e) Rule to find Easter' invented by J[ohn] P[ell]'; 1640. f. 238;- (f) Tables compiled from T. Lydyat's Emendatio Temporum; 1609, 1631, 1633. f. 284;- (g) 'A Synopticall Chronology from the first beginning of the world to the end thereof'; 1633. f. 295.
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- f. 4 Philippus van Lansbergen, Dutch astronomer: Note by J. Pell on his 'Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuae' (1632): 17th cent.: Lat.
- f. 101 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: 'Oratio Inauguralis Bredae': 1646.: Autogr. extr.
- f. 110 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letters to: n.d.: Drafts.
- f. 143 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'The London Gazette': 1669, 1671.
- f. 210 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letter to --: 1655.: Draft.
- f. 225 Music: Notes on, by J. Pell: 1635, 17th cent.
- f. 240 Christianus Severinus Longomontanus, d 1647 Danish astronomer: 'Schema generale Cyclometricum': 1634.
- f. 259 (draft) John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence with T. Haak: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.
- f. 259 (draft) Theodore Haak, d 1690 FRS; translator: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.
- f. 267 Latin Language: Rules for grammar, etc.: 17th-18th centt.
- ff. 275, 279-283 Ciphers: Scheme of a cryptic seal: 17th cent.
- f. 284 Reverend Thomas Lydiat, mathematician; d 1646: Chronological tables compiled from his 'Emendatio Temporum' (1609),: 1631, 1633.
- f. 284 Chronology: Tables compiled from T. Lydiat's 'Emendatio Temporum' (1609): 1631-1633.
- f. 356 René Descartes, philosopher: Solution by J. Pell to a geometrical problem by: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109904 - 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 4418 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. i+359). Geometrical, arithmetical and chronological tables and problems. Among them are:- (a) Note on… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0011]/040-002109904
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- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
German
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1609
- End Date:
- 1640
- Date Range:
- 1609-1640
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Descartes, René, philosopher, 1596-1650
Haak, Theodore, translator and natural philosopher, 1605-1690
Lansbergen, Philippus, Dutch astronomer
Longomontanus, Christianus Severinus, Danish astronomer, d 1647
Lydiat, Thomas, Reverend; mathematician, d 1646
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685