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Mathematical Tables

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MS. Bodl. 949
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Mathematical Tables, consisting of logarithms of 1-10000 to 30 places of decimals:

  1. With a preface and methods of carrying the tables on to numbers of 30 figures (fol. 1)
  2. A table of natural and logarithmic sines to every degree and minute of the quadrant, with an account of 'Mr. Sharp's' construction of the former kind (fol. 65v)
  3. Calculations for the quadrature of the circle by Halley's method, resulting in a value of π to 154 decimal places (fol. 114v)
  4. A table relating to arches (fol. 123v)
  5. Fols. 130-end are blank
  6. Passages on fols. 114 and 122v show that some of these calculations were begun at Philadelphia, U. S. A., about 1721, and all written out in 1759

Dates

  • Creation: written in A.D. 1759

Extent

280 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. 949, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Bodl. 949

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 20358

Abstract

Mathematical Tables

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

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. V, no. 30439

Immediate Source of Acquisition

First referenced about A.D. 1800. It is stated that baron F. X. von Zach (d. 1832) saw this MS. in the Radcliffe Library at Oxford.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

18 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.

Title
Mathematical Tables
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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