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040-002109906

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032-002109547

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PELL PAPERS. Vol. XIV (ff. i + 219). Trigonometrical and algebraical problems and calculations; Pell's 'Logistica, or the Art of reckoning', 1635 (f. 47); and extracts from the works of Isaac Barrow, W. Oughtred, Franciscus Vieta, and especially from the Trigonometria Britannica of Henry Briggs and Henry Gellibrand, 1633, etc.

Henry Gellibrand, d 1636 mathematican: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.

Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.

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f. 2 lsaac Barrow, d 1677 DD, FRS, mathematician and divine: Notes on his method of finding tangents: 17th cent.
ff. 25, 74, 130, 199 Franciscus Vieta, d 1603 French geometrician: Extracts from and notes on his mathematical works: 17th cent.: Lat.
f. 47 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: 'Logistica, or the art of reckoning': 1635.: Autogr.
f. 100 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: 'Controversiae de verâ circuli mensurâ', with C. S. Longomontanus: 1644.: Autogr. extr.
f. 100 Christianus Severinus Longomontanus, d 1647 Danish astronomer: Papers conc. his controversy with J. Pell, 'De Verâ Circuli mensurâ': 1644.: Lat. and Engl.: Partly printed.
ff. 111, 168 William Oughtred, d 1660 mathematician: Extracts from his mathematical works: 17th cent.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109906

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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 4420 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. XIV (ff. i + 219). Trigonometrical and algebraical problems and calculations; Pell's 'Logistica, or the Art…

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032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0013]/040-002109906

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Languages:

English
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

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Names:

Barrow, Isaac, mathematician; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1630-1677
Briggs, Henry, mathematician, d 1631
Gellibrand, Henry, mathematican, 1597-1637
Longomontanus, Christianus Severinus, Danish astronomer, d 1647
Oughtred, William, mathematician, d 1660
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Vieta, Franciscus, French geometrician, d 1603