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040-002109910

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032-002109547

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Vol. XVII (ff. 405).

includes:

ff. 1-4 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher: Geometrical papers by, with refutations of them: 1671.: Printed.
f. 50 Johann Heinrich Rahn, the elder; Swiss mathematician: Letters to J. Pell: 1654-1675.: Lat.
f. 50 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letters to, from J. H. Rhonius: 1654, 1675.: Lat.
ff.87,113,126,138,146 Franciscus Vieta, d 1603 French geometrician: Extracts from and notes on his mathematical works: 17th cent.: Lat.
ff. 128, 137-140, 377, 401 Apollonius, Pergaeus, Greek mathematician; fl. 246-205 BC: Extracts from his mathematical works: 17th cent.
f. 201 Lloyd: Letter to -: 1671.: Imperf.
f. 326 Francis Porter, of Felstead: Copy of court roll rel. to: 1653.
f. 327 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Appointment as Vice President of the Royal Society: 1676.
f. 327 William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker: Notices of meetings, etc., of the Royal Society signed by, as President: 1663-1676.
f. 338 Reverend Edmund Hickeringill, pamphleteer: 'The Black Non-Conformist ...': 1682.: Printed.
f. 347 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letters to C.S. Longomontanus: n.d.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 347 Christianus Severinus Longomontanus, d 1647 Danish astronomer: Letters to, from J. Pell: 17th cent.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 379 Music: Notes on, by J. Pell: 1635, 17th cent.
f. 379 Thomas Campion, physician and poet: Notes, by J. Pell, on his rules of counterpoint: 17th cent.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002109547
036-002109891
037-002109908
040-002109910

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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 4422-4423 : PELL PAPERS. Tables of logarithms, and the solution of trigonometrical or geometrical problems, relating especially to…

Add MS 4423 : Vol. XVII (ff. 405).includes:ff. 1-4 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher: Geometrical papers by, with refutations of them: 1671.:…

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032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0015]/037-002109908[0002]/040-002109910

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1 item

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Languages:

English
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1653

End Date:

1682

Date Range:

1653-1682

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Names:

Apollonius, of Perga, mathematician, 200 BC
Brouncker, William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Catherine, 1620?-1684
Campion, Thomas, poet and musician, 1567-1620
Hickeringill, Edmund, Reverend; pamphleteer
Hobbes, Thomas, philosopher, 1588-1679,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121347861
Lloyd, of Add MS 4423
Longomontanus, Christianus Severinus, Danish astronomer, d 1647
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Porter, Francis, of Felstead
Rahn, Johann Heinrich, the elder; Swiss mathematician
Vieta, Franciscus, French geometrician, d 1603