Geometry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Curva foliata, c1693
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [32]
Scope and Contents
Diagram and mathematical description of a foliate curve. A modern hand has pencilled in "7 a Schooten", referring to geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660).
Dates:
c1693
De Cartesiana Constructione ..., c1680
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [48]
Scope and Contents
A note, probably composed at Rotterdam, on the Latin edition of Rene Descartes' Geometria, (1659), published by Schooten.
Dates:
c1680
De Ductu Parabolae in Parabolam, c1684
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [74]
Scope and Contents
A note on drawing a parabola through another parabola.
Dates:
c1684
De Mensura ... Spiralium, 1682-1708
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [80]
Scope and Contents
Two discussions of the properties of spirals, after Sluse.
Dates:
1682-1708
Demonstratio synthetica minimi crepusculi, c1703
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [73]
Scope and Contents
A study of the geometrical rationale for determining the moment of twilight, undated but for a reference to the Astronomiae.
Dates:
c1703
Descriptio Christalli Heddintomani, c17 May 1697
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [2]
Scope and Contents
A note describing the structure and optical properties of a particular form of crystal, possibly that for which Haddington (Scotland) is known. This is dated from Oxford 17 May 1697. It is crowded to the right of the page by a large capital A, over which reads the citation, "La Theorie de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux. L'Example de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux de Monsr le Chevalier de Tourville". Beneath this is a note of an apparent eclipse of Mercury by the Sun (using Zodiac symbols) on 24...
Dates:
c17 May 1697
D.G. de Apollonii Problemato..., c1690
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B [21]
Scope and Contents
A study from the ancient geometer.
Dates:
c1690
D.G. Inventio Curva...Cycloidii, 1698-1700
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [64]
Scope and Contents
A brachistochrone proof.
Dates:
1698-1700
Diagram by Newton, c1692
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [042]
Scope and Contents
Labelled figures of chord lines through circles.
Dates:
c1692
Diagram by Newton, c1692
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [045]
Scope and Contents
Labelled figures of triangle sections through circles.
Dates:
c1692