Lectures delivered by Andrew Tooke, M.A., as professor of geometry in Gresham College, 1715-1728
The first three lectures, which are on comets, are in Latin; the remainder in English.
The English treat of
- i. the improvements made in navigation by knowledge of the earth’s dimensions.
- ii. the improvements in astronomy caused by the telescope.
- iii. the measuring of the earth and the methods for determining the magnitude of a degree.
- iv. the theory of the planets.
- v. the doctrine of proportion.
- vi. (in another hand) light and its refraction.
Dates
- Creation: 1715-1728
Extent
149 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 312
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 312.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13112.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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