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040-002109919

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032-002109547

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PELL PAPERS. Vol. XXIV (ff. 558). A miscellaneous collection of treatises, of Pell's notes on them, problems, tables of logarithms, etc., including the following;- (a) 'Labyrinthus ingenii'; 1629. ff. 1-7;- (b) 'The ground of all the recreations in N[icholas] Hunt's books printed 1631', i.e. New Recreations of the Mindes release and solacing. ff. 11- 12b;- (c) 'The Logarithmes for the Ascripts of a Circle ... Calculated by Mr Henry Brigs [Briggs], Professor of Geometry in Oxford, September 19.1634'. f.31;- (d)'Modus calculandi Tabulas Guntericas Sinuum ... Facillimus'. Cf. Canon Triangulorum sive Tabula sinuum et Tangentium per Edmundi Gunter, 1670. f. 43;- (e) Title page, etc., of 'The Construction and Use of the Proportioned Line', by Redivivus Fale; 1629. ff. 70-74b;- (f) 'Medietates rectangulares'. f. 76;- (g) 'Petri Herigoni Algebra'. ff. 517-520.

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ff. 11-12b Nicholas Hunt, d 1648 arithmetician: Notes on his 'New Recreations. . .' (1631): 17th cent.
f. 31 Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Logarithms calculated by: 1634.
f. 43 Edmund Gunter, d 1626 mathematician: Notes on his table of sines: 17th cent.
ff. 70-74b Redivivus Fale: Title page, etc., of 'The Construction and Use of the Proportioned Line' by: 1629.: Copy.
f. 81 Clément de Cyriaque de Mangin, called 'Denis Henrion': Notes on the mathematical works of: 17th cent.
f. 113 Astronomy: List of eclipses of the moon: 1636-1650.
ff. 118, 147 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Mathematical works: 17th cent.
ff. 123,517-520 Pierre Herigone, French mathematician; fl. 1634-1644: Extracts from his mathematical works: 17th cent.: Lat.
f. 130 Vincentius Renerius, Italian mathematician and theologian: List of contents of his 'Tabulae Mediceae' (1639),: 17th cent.
f. 252 Johann Rudolph Stuck, Professor of Theology at Zurich: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1654-1658, n.d.: Lat.
f. 252 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letters to, from J. R. Stuckius: 1654, n.d.: Lat.
ff. 253-258 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Bills, while in Switzerland: 1654-1658.: Germ.
f. 282 John Barclay, d 1621 poet: Extract from his 'Satyricon': 17th cent.
f. 301 Ithumaria Pell, wife of J Pell, DD: Correspondence with her husband: 1638-1658, n.d.
f. 301 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence with his wife, Ithumaria: 1638, n.d.
f. 334 Franciscus Vieta, d 1603 French geometrician: Extracts from and notes on his mathematical works: 17th cent.: Lat.
ff. 352-354 Guillaume Gosselin, French mathematician: Extracts from his 'De Arte magna' (1577): 17th cent.
f. 379 Jacques de Billy, d 1679 SJ; French astronomer: Solutions of problems by: 17th cent.
f. 408 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letter to, from G. de St. Vincent: 1647.: Lat.: Imperf.
f. 408 Grégoire de St Vincent, Flemish geometrician: Letter to J. Pell: 1647.: Lat.: Imperf.
f. 421 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letter to --: 1642.
ff. 431, 467, 469 William Oughtred, d 1660 mathematician: Extracts from his mathematical works: 17th cent.
f. 472 Willebrodus Snellius, d 1626 Dutch mathematician: Trigonometrical problem by: 17th cent.
f. 513 Samuel Hartlib, writer of education and husbandry: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1654-1659, n.d.
f. 513 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letters to S. Hartlib: n.d.
f. 514 John Speidell, mathematician: Logarithmetical rules and tables: 17th cent.

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032-002109547
036-002109891
040-002109919

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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 4431 : PELL PAPERS. Vol. XXIV (ff. 558). A miscellaneous collection of treatises, of Pell's notes on them, problems, tables of logarithms,…

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Latin

Start Date:

1629

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1629

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1629

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Names:

Barclay, John, poet, author, 1582-1621
Billy, Jacques, SJ; French astronomer, d 1679
Briggs, Henry, mathematician, d 1631
Cyriaque de Mangin, Clément, called 'Denis Henrion'
Gosselin, Guillaume, mathematician, fl Late 16th century
Gunter, Edmund, mathematician, clergyman and astronomer, 1581-1626
Hartlib, Samuel, writer of education and husbandry
Herigone, Pierre, French mathematician, fl 1634-1644
Hunt, Nicholas, arithmetician, d 1648
Oughtred, William, mathematician, d 1660
Pell, Ithumaria, wife of J Pell, DD
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Renerius, Vincentius, Italian mathematician and theologian
Snellius, Willebrodus, Dutch mathematician, d 1626
Speidell, John, mathematician, fl 1600-1634,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000002529187X
St Vincent, Grégoire, Flemish geometrician
Stuck, Johann Rudolph, Professor of Theology at Zurich
Vieta, Franciscus, French geometrician, d 1603