LJS 181 Mathematical notes
Title
Mathematical notesOther related names
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
- Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner
- Stanitz, John D, former owner
Call number
LJS 181(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 5764280
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5764280
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
FrenchOrigin
Written in France after 1789 (later date in watermarks).
- Date
- after 1789
- Place
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France
Summary
3 disbound smaller bifolia with notes and problems concerning geometrical construction, spherical geometry, and the theory of proportion; and 3 disbound larger bifolia with advanced algebra notes employing cubic and quadratic equations.
Notes
- Ms. leaves.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Watermark
GT with a small heart between the 2 initials (geometry notes, smaller bifolia); G. Touchard/Marché 1789 with countermark of bunch of grapes and O. Overard en Marché with countermark of 1781 (cubic and quadratic equations, larger bifolia)Extent
6 leaves : 260 x 416 mm., 324 x 410 mmCollation
Paper, 6 bifolia; 3 smaller bifolia have contemporary numeration 1-3, upper right recto of first leaf.Support
PaperScript
Provenance
- Possible ownership inscription, M. Baumann, on one of the larger bifolia.
- Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (Kraus).
- Sold as part of the residue of the Phillipps collection first to William H. Robinson Ltd., 1945, and again to H.P. Kraus, Mar. 1978, ms. 842.
- Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 12.
- Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Subjects topical
- Mathematics--Early works to 1800
- Algebra--Early works to 1800
- Geometry--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Fragments
- Diagrams
- Manuscripts, French--18th century
- Manuscripts, European
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