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Add MS 4424
- Record Id:
- 040-002109911
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x00027c
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 4424
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PELL PAPERS. Vol. XVIII (ff. i + 458). The contents include tables, etc., of sines, and other trigonometrical problems and notes on (a) the publication of his Tabula numerorum quadratorum decies millium, 1672. ff. 80-102;-(b) Dr. John Twysden's problem on triangles. ff. 137-259, passim.
includes:
- f. 27 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letter to, from H. Oldenburg: 1673.
- f. 27 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letter to J. Pell: 1673.
- f. 79 Society of Manxmen: Notice of meeting: 17th cent.: Printed, with MS. annotation.
- f. 80 Nathaniel Thompson, printer: Account of his dealings with J. Pell: 1671.
- ff. 80-102 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Notes on his 'Tabula Numerorum Quadratorum decies millium' (1672): n.d.: Autogr.
- ff. 137-259 passim John Twysden, MD: Notes by J. Pell on his problems on triangles: 17th cent.
- ff. 349, 350 Newspapers Germany: 'Wochentliche Ordinari Zeitung': 1655.
- ff. 380, 383 William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker: Notices of meetings, etc., of the Royal Society signed by, as President: 1663-1676.
- f. 381 Renatus Franciscus Slusius, Canon of Liége; mathematician and orientalist: Note of his election to the Royal Society: 1674.
- f. 381 Edmund Castell, DD, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge: Note of his election to the Royal Society: 1674.
- f. 382 Sir Christopher Wren, P R S: Notices of Royal Society meetings signed by: 1681, 1682.: Printed.
- f. 442 George Pine: Table of sines in trigonometry: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109911 - 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 4424 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. XVIII (ff. i + 458). The contents include tables, etc., of sines, and other trigonometrical problems and notes on… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0169]/036-002109891[0016]/040-002109911
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4101-4478
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1673
- End Date:
- 1682
- Date Range:
- 1673-1682
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Names:
- Brouncker, William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Catherine, 1620?-1684
Castell, Edmund, DD, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge
Oldenburg, Henry, theologian, c 1615-1677
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Pine, George
Slusius, Renatus Franciscus, Canon of Liége; mathematician and orientalist
Society of Manxmen
Thompson, Nathaniel, printer
Twysden, John, MD; of Add MS 4414
Wren, Christopher, P R S