Notebook, 1651-95, 1651-1695
File
MS. Don. d. 45
Held at the Weston Library
Notebook, including:
- (fols. 7-93) notes for lectures on Euclid, 1651-3
- (fols. 97v-160v, 292-246 rev.) mathematical calculations, tables and notes, including problems exchanged with various correspondents (much of the material used in Wallis's Opera mathematica (3 vols., Oxford, 1693-9))
- (fols. 165-75, 295-293 rev.) observations on comets, 1664 and 1680, including copies of correspondence
- (fols. 312v-310 rev.) ciphers received by Henry Savage 'from a frier in France, who affirmed it to be Cardinall Richlieu's way of cifre'.
A note inside the lower cover reads 'This has evidently been in Edw. Burton's library. He was at Oriel in Hearne's time. T. F. F[enwick]'.
(fols. 177-245 are blank)
Dates
- Creation: 1651-1695
Extent
315 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Don. d. 45
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sotheby's, 21 March 1895, lot 1228.
Physical Facet
Calf
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk