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Title

Lectures on scientific subjects

Authors

• Askell, Michael

Call number

Ms. Codex 118
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1580516
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580516

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

English and Latin

Origin

Date

between 1675 and 1725

Place

England

Summary

Collection of lectures on various scientific topics. This appears to be the clean copy of lecture notes. There is a table of contents on f. 7r. There are many loose inserts tipped in. One has the name Michael Askell and the date 1693; two others are headed, "Medical and chymical characters explained."

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
   
• Spine title: Hoc libro continentur hec systemata. This is also the heading of the table of contents (f. 7r).
   
• Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
   

Watermark

Crown and fleur-de-lis.

Extent

200 leaves : 329 x 232 (280 x 180) mm. bound to 341 x 245 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (18th-century paper) + 200 + i (18th-century paper); [1-200]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation. Irregular contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

18th-century English gold-stamped red morocco. Generally in good condition. Some damage to the paper due to oxidation of the ink. Spine a little rubbed and worn.

Decoration

Diagrams throughout. Extensive use of red.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Former owners include: Estcourt Library (bookplate, inside upper cover); Hatchwell cat. #7, 1955, item no. 307 (clipped excerpt on file in the Library).
   
• Acquired, 1955.
   

Subjects topical

• Arithmetic--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Chemistry--History
• Dialing--Study and teaching
• Geometry--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800
• Mathematics--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800
• Measurement
• Numeration
• Physical measurements
• Plane trigonometry
• Spherical trigonometry
• Trigonometry--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Diagrams
• Lecture notes
• Manuscripts, English--17th century
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--17th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 7r — List of contents, f. 7r
• fol. 8r — Arithmetic, f. 8r
• fol. 20r — Weights and measures, f. 20r
• fol. 30r — Geometrica, f. 30r
• fol. 48r — Stereometria, f. 48r
• fol. 56r — Of the globes, f. 56r
• fol. 67r — Trigonometry, f. 67r
• fol. 74r — The description and use of some instruments, f. 74r
• fol. 88v — Dyalling, f. 88v
• fol. 128r — Astronomy, f. 128r
• fol. 144r — Cursus Chymiae, f. 144r

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 23v — Table, f. 23v
• fol. 26r — Table, f. 26r
• fol. 26v — Table, f. 26v
• fol. 42r — Diagram, f. 42r
• fol. 42v — Diagram, f. 42v
• fol. 43r — Diagram, f. 43r
• fol. 65r — Table, f. 65r
• fol. 85r — Table, f. 85r
• fol. 86r — Table, f. 86r
• fol. 86v — Table, f. 86v
• fol. 87r — Table, f. 87r
• fol. 87v — Table, f. 87v
• fol. 93r — Table, f. 93r
• fol. 94r — Table, f. 94r
• fol. 111v — Table, f. 111v
• fol. 112r — Table, f. 112r
• fol. 113r — Table, f. 113r
• fol. 113v — Table, f. 113v
• fol. 114r — Table, f. 114r
• fol. 114v — Table, f. 114v
• fol. 115r — Table, f. 115r
• fol. 115v — Table, f. 115v
• fol. 116r — Table, f. 116r
• fol. 116v — Table, f. 116v
• fol. 117r — Table, f. 117r
• fol. 117v — Table, f. 117v
• fol. 118r — Table, f. 118r
• fol. 118v — Table, f. 118v
• fol. 119r — Table, f. 119r
• fol. 119v — Table, f. 119v
• fol. 120r — Table, f. 120r
• fol. 120v — Table, f. 120v
• fol. 121r — Table, f. 121r
• fol. 121v — Table, f. 121v
• fol. 122r — Table, f. 122r
• fol. 122v — Table, f. 122v
• fol. 123r — Table, f. 123r
• fol. 124r — Diagram, f. 124r
• fol. 125r — Diagram, f. 125r
• fol. 126r — Diagram, f. 126r
• fol. 129r — Diagram, f. 129r
• fol. 130r — Diagram, f. 130r
• fol. 131v — Diagram, f. 131v
• fol. 133r — Diagram, f. 133r
• fol. 136r — Diagram, f. 136r
• fol. 139r — Diagram, f. 139r
• fol. 139v — Table, f. 139v
• fol. 140r — Table, f. 140r