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            Classified Papers
            GB 0117 Cl.P · 1660-1741

            Scientific and other papers sent to the Royal Society, presented at meetings of Fellows, or commissioned by the Society. They form a complementary series to the Early Letters, both of which were superseded by the Letters and Papers. Many of these items, referred to as the 'Guard Books', are duplicated in the Register Book of the Society. The classification is a simplified form of the 'Philosophical Transactions' abridgment by John Lowthorp. This arrangement was completed in 1741 by Thomas Birch. The majority of the papers in these volumes are manuscript, but a few printed documents occur throughout the series. Some of the papers are earlier in date than the grant on 15 July 1662 of the First Charter to the Society. The Committee of Trades seems to have been associated with the earlier meetings of those philosophers who subsequently became Fellows, and produced a number of practical papers, some of which were written in 1639 and which are mostly found in Volume 3(i). There are still earlier documents, mostly in Volume 25, which may have been included in the gift, in 1667, of the Arundel Library.

            Various
            Clifford Lecture Notes
            GB 0103 MS ADD 172 · 19th century

            Undated lecture notes on geometry: two closely written sheets pasted onto an otherwise unused notebook.

            Clifford , William Kingdon , 1845-1879 , mathematician
            De Morgan Lectures, notes
            GB 0103 MS ADD 5 · 1847

            Student's notes on lectures on Algebraic Geometry and the Calculus, given by Augustus De Morgan at University College London from 11 March to 13 May 1847.

            Hepburn , John G , fl 1847 , mathematics student
            Della Fortificatione, etc
            GB 0117 MS 71 · sub-fonds · 17th century and 18th century

            A collection of tracts on fortification and geometry, 17th and 18th centuries: Folio 1 Della Fortificatione; Folio 53 Geometrica Prattica; Folio 83 Della sfera; Folio 104-115 Blank sheets and oddments; Folio 116 Del Misurare da Contano; Folio Il quaduarete Geometrico; Folio Aritmetica.

            Unknown
            GB 0096 MS786 · Fonds · 1863

            Paper by Alexander J Ellis 'On clinant geometry, as a means of expressing the general relatings of points on a plane, realising imaginaries, and extending the theories of anharmonic ratios', communicated by Arthur Cayley, Esq. F.R.S. Febr. 1863. Abstract printed in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.12, pp 442-3 Carbon copy of MS, with figures drawn in ink. Text and figures on rectos only. Paper wrappers inscribed 'Prof Augustus De Morgan, with the Author's respects'. Part of A De Morgan's library, given to the University by Lord Overstone in 1871. Former shelf-mark L(P.C.6).

            Ellis , Alexander John , 1814-1890 , philologist and mathematician
            Euclidis Elementa
            GB 0117 MS/28 · sub-fonds · 13th century
            Part of Manuscripts General

            Latin translation attributed to Abelard of Bath, of Euclid's geometry ending imperfectly near the beginning of book 15 in the propsition 'intra propsitum cubum corpus habens iiij bases triangulas equalium laterum resignare'. Written in England

            Abelard of Bath
            GB 0098 B/FORSYTH · Created 1898-1921

            Papers of Professor Andrew Russell Forsyth, [1898-1921], comprising papers and lectures concerning mathematics, notably relating to Abels theorem, Abelian functions, binary forms, quintic equations and other modular functions, Fourier's and other series, algebraic functions, 1909, differential equations of mathematical physics, 1917-1921, elements of theory of functions, 1915-1916, elliptic functions, 1898, 1914-1915, spherical harmonic series, expansion in polynomials, expansion theorems, solid geometry, differential equations of dynamics.

            Forsyth , Andrew Russell , 1858-1942 , mathematician
            Frederick, Richard
            GB 0096 MS 716 · 1795-1796

            A geometrical exercise book with Frederick's name and the dates 4 May 1795 and 17 May 1796 on the cover. Each page bears a theorem and its accompanying diagram, up to the 21st theorem of the 5th book. The exercises are occasionally relieved by a pencil sketch of a head or half-figure.

            Frederick , Richard , fl 1795-1796 , mathematician
            Geometry treatise
            GB 0096 MS 397 · 18th century

            Manuscript volume containing an eighteenth century treatise on geometry, entitled 'Geometrie Pratique'. The chapter headings are: 'Livre premier: des logarithmes', 'Livre II: De la trigonometrie rectiligne', 'Livre IV: De la construction des figures', 'Livre V: De la longimetrie', 'Livre VI: De la planimetrie', 'Livre VII: De la stereometrie'.

            Unknown
            GB 0120 MSS.2672-2719 · 1874-1902

            Note-books of William Dobinson Halliburton chiefly of lecture notes taken while a student at University College, London. Author's holograph MSS. Produced in London, 1874-1902.

            Halliburton , William Dobinson , 1860-1931 , physiologist and biochemist
            GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP32 · Created 1873, 1898

            Papers of Hudson comprising 'Angle Generator for use in the study of trigonometry' by W B Bushell, 1873; a letter from H Orfleur concerning surfaces, with photograph of geometrical model attached, 1898; invitation to Hudson from Principal Henry Wace to the Medical Department Prize Distribution, with geometrical drawing on the reverse; mathematical model (quadratic surface: ellipsoid).

            Hudson , William Henry Hoar , 1838-1915 , Professor of Mathematics
            Knight, Thomas
            GB 0096 MS 418 · 1748

            Manuscript exercise book of elementary geometry, [1748]. On the first leaf is written "Thomas Knight. February 18, 1748".

            Knight , Thomas , fl 1748 , student of geometry
            GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP71 · 1860-1872

            Collection comprising three manuscript notebooks of theoretical problems relating to mechanics compiled by James Clerk Maxwell mainly during his employment at King's College London, including exam questions on aspects of mechanics and geometry, 1860-1865; problems on the collision of elastic spheres and the dynamic relation between other solid bodies; the refraction of light; the relationship between heat and volume in materials; attraction between particles, 1860-1873; notes on the works of leading authorities on mathematics and physics including Arthur Cayley, Franz Neumann and Siméon Poisson, 1867-1873; bibliography of textbooks mainly on mechanics, [1860-1865]; list of scientific instrument suppliers, [1860-1865]; outline of the contents of Maxwell's Treatise on electricity and magnetism (1873).

            Maxwell , James Clerk Maxwell , 1831-1879 , Professor of Physics
            GB 0064 SMS · Collection · [1780-1879]

            Of the twelve volumes in this class, two relate to the society of East India Commanders; one, 1780 to 1833, records wagers between members and promises of gifts to the society upon such eventualities as marriage or leaving the service; the other is an account book, 1825 to 1879. The remaining eight volumes are 'Elements of Navigation' by pupils of Christ's Hospital Mathematical School; the earliest is dated 1723 and the latest is c 1845. All are very carefully executed and the subjects include arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, gunnery and navigation; the majority are illustrated with diagrams, maps, pen and ink sketches or watercolours.

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            GB 0103 MS ARAB 1 · 17th century

            Manuscript volume, 17th century, containing: Mohammed Ibn Al-Hussain Karkhi, Kitab al-kafi fi 'ilm al-hisab wa-'ilm al-misahah wa-al-khawafi (Treatise on arithmetic, geometry, land surveying etc)

            Unknown
            GB 0117 MS 752 · sub-fonds · 20th Century

            Two manuscripts by Louis Joel Mordell: 1. 'On the geometry of numbers in some non-convex regions' 60 pages, some manuscript corrections and 2. ' Hardy's mathematician, apology' review article 10 pages, photocopy.

            Mordell , Louis Joel , 1888-1972 , mathematician
            Peckham Manuscript
            GB 0103 MS LAT 31 · 15th century-16th century

            Manuscript volume, 15th or 16th century, containing the 'Perspectiva Communis' of John Peckham, in three parts, beginning 'Inter philosophie consideracionis studia ... '. Bound (perhaps from the first) with two printed works, the Arithmetica of Jordanus Nemorarius, edited by Jacques le Fêvre (Johannes Higman and Wolfgang Hopyl, Paris, 1496), and the Geometria speculatiua of Bradwardine (Paris, 1495).

            Unknown
            Wilson, Thomas (d 1791)
            GB 0114 MS0201 · Mid to late 18th century

            Papers of Thomas Wilson, mid to late 18th century, comprising a volume containing notes by Wilson, of lectures given by John Hunter. Including notes on astronomical and mathematical topics, c 1854.

            Wilson , Thomas , d 1791 , physician