Curves
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 2 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
Excerpta de Codico M.S. Henratii communicata a [illegible], 27 May 1693
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [19]
Scope and Contents
Extract of a volume (only partially cited) found by David Gregory in Amsterdam. He captions this "F: a. Schoten', suggesting that the work transcribed is that of geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660). The work concerns curves and quadratures, and is laced with comparisons to the work of Jan Hudde.
Dates:
27 May 1693