| Title |
Algebra |
| Reference |
MS Add.9597/4 |
| Covering Dates |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
| Index Terms |
| Algebra |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/4 contains: |
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1
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Of the Composition and Resolution of Equations. Possibly a Latin translation of the middle section of Colin Maclaurin's 'Treatise of Algebra'.
ff.26 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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2
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Of Algebraic or Cossique Numbers. Unknown hand.
pp.165 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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3
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Napier's Logarithms.
ff.42 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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4
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Algebraic problems. Possibly in the hand of Nevil Maskelyne.
ff.39 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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5
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Tractatus De Potentiis Affectis.
ff.6 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
6
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Questiones ex Diophanto Alexandrino 13.
ff.18 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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7
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Quadratic Equations.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.37 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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8
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Simple equations.
ff.13 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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9
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Combinations. Fair copy of Add. MS 9597/4/10.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.8 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
10
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Combinations. Rough copy of Add. MS 9597/4/9.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.10 [small quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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11
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Mathematical Notes.
ff.12 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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12
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Of Logarithms. Two copies of the this short treatise.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.6 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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13
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Algebraic Problems. Teaching materials - front cover numbered '2'.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.5 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
14
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Reasonings Concerning Chance. Two copies of the same short treatise; copies from Isaac Newton's 1660 notebook, possibly at the instigation of Francis Robartes.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.6 [mixed]; paper. |
1710–1749 |
|
15
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Notes on Gibson's Algebra. Autograph notes by John Collins on 'Syntaxis mathematica, or, A construction of the harder problemes of geometry' by Thomas Gibson.
Creator: Collins, John, 1626-1683, mathematician and scientific administrator Collins, John, 1626-1683, mathematician and scientific administrator.
ff.32 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1650-c 1683 |
|
16
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Extractions of the first and second single side of Adfected Equations, being an Illustration of Mr William Oughtred upon that subject by William Northall. Copy by John Collins of Northall's treatise.
Creator: Collins, John, 1626-1683, mathematician and scientific administrator.
ff.8 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1650-c 1683 |
|
17
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'Of Equations' and other papers. ff.41-66 are a fair copy of a treatise called 'Of Equations' in an unknown hand. The rest comprises miscellaneous mathematical papers in the hand of William Jones.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.66 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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18
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David Gregory's Algebra. Unknown hand. Starts on p.35.
ff.31 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1650-c 1749 |
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19
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Questions in Algebra. "Sir Isaac Newton's Questions" is written on the front cover. Teaching materials, primarily in the hand of William Jones, though f.15 is in a different hand - possibly that of one of his pupils.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.23 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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20
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Questions in Algebra. Miscellaneous loose papers, mostly teaching materials in the hand of William Jones.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.18 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
21
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Questions in Algebra. Teaching materials, front cover numbered '1'. Each question and its solution is on a separate folio, most of which is left blank.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.33 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
22
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Algebraical Questions. Teaching materials, front cover numbered '9'. Each question and its solution is on a separate folio, most of which is left blank.
Creator: Jones, William (1675-1749) mathematician.
ff.43 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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23
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Quadratures. Short treatise on quadratures.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.18 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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24
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The Rule of Proportion. Rules, questions and solutions - used as teaching material.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.24 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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25
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Questions in Algebra. Teaching materials. Front cover numbered '5'.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.41 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
26
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Questions in Algebra. Teaching materials. Front cover numbered '4'.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.20 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
27
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Quadratic Equations. Teaching materials.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.38 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
28
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Questions from Diophantus. Teaching materials - questions in Jones's set hand, and answers in his normal hand.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.36 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
29
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Miscellaneous Algebraic Papers. Also includes some papers from Add. 9597/4/17. Mostly in the hand of William Jones. Includes drafts of: "Of the Origen of Equations", "Transformation of Equations", "The Limits of Equations", "Of Divisors", "Cubic Equations", "Of Surd Roots" and "Questions in Combinations".
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.147 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
30
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Literall Arithmetick Or Algebra.
ff.79 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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31
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Questions in Algebra. Possibly the exercise book of one of Jones's pupils.
ff.29 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
32
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Untitled Exercise Book. Marked 'Jones', but not in his hand. Probably the exercise book of one of his pupils.
ff.30 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
33
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Simple Equations (1720) and Quadratic Equations (1721). MS copies of treatises by H. Hopkirk, probably made by a pupil of William Jones. Includes a few sketches of human faces.
ff.73 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1721-c 1749 |
|
34
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Napier's Logorithms. A note on f.2v reads: "29th Jany 1740 Saw Mr Hoddart". Otherwise this is a MS copy of Napier's logarithms.
ff.59 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1740 |
|
35
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Of Ratios. Pages marked 164-174. Probably in the hand of one of Jones's pupils.
ff.9 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
36
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Of Surd Numbers. Latin treatise in unknown hand.
ff.40 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
37
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The Quadratures of Sir Isaac Newton, Investigated by Mr Jones. William Jones's notes on Newton's 'De quadratura curvarum', written on the back of some metrical psalms.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.161 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
|
38
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To Find the Value of Lives by the Rule of False. Rough notes.
ff.29 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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