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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
Horsley, Samuel (1733-1806)
GB 0117 MS 544 · sub-fonds · nd

Papers on mathematics and physics collected by the Reverend Samuel Horsley DD, FRS.

Horsley , Samuel , 1733-1806 , Bishop of St Asaph , mathematician
GB 0096 AL61 · Fonds · 1828

Letter from Leonard Horner of University Chambers to Augustus De Morgan, 25 Feb 1828. Enclosing a letter appointing a Professor of Mathematics in the University of London.

Autograph, with signature.

Horner , Leonard , 1785-1864 , geologist
Harrison, James
GB 0096 MS 531 · 1775, 1828

Manual of mathematics, including sections on calculating interest, 'brokage' and the purchase of stock, compiled by James Harrison of Leeds in 1775. At the end of the volume are added medical remedies and recipes in various hands, [1828].

Harrison , James , fl 1775 , of Leeds
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
Gregory family
GB 0117 MS 210 · 1658-1860

Papers of the Gregory family. Volume One includes writings by Sir Isaac Newton, entitled 'Notae in Newtonii Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis' and his 'Theory of the Moon', which was incorporated in the Astronomia Physica published by the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Volume Two contains letters and papers of the Gregory family: David Gregory of Kinnairdie; James Gregorie; David Gregorie; and Charles Gregory (Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University); also including some papers of Sir Isaac Newton.

Gregory , family , scientists
GB 0096 AL353 · Fonds · 1853

3 letters from John Thomas Graves of 29 Grosvenor Place, Cheltenham to Augustus De Morgan, 28 Jan, 4 Feb and 4 Jun 1853. Relating to the works of Simon Stevin and other mathematical literature.

Autograph, with signature.

Graves , John Thomas , 1806-1870 , jurist and 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'.

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GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP156 · 1948-2006

Papers of Professor Albrecht Fröhlich, 1916-2001, reflecting his mathematical research, publications and correspondence with colleagues. Papers are divided into six sections comprising biographical papers; research papers; publications; papers relating to visits, conferences and lectures; correspondence and theses and examinations.

Biographical papers include obituaries, memoirs and papers relating to memorials including a service in the Chapel of Robinson College Cambridge, 10 Feb 2002; autobiographical papers including copy of Fröhlich's entry for Personal Records of Fellows of the Royal Society; papers relating to Fröhlich's career, honours and awards including his Ph.D. thesis 'On some topics in the theory of representation of groups and in class field theory', and correspondence and papers relating to his university appointments and some of his principal honours, including election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.

Research papers chiefly comprise mathematical workings, notes and drafts: notably relating to work on the decomposition of primes [1950] and work on Galois module theory and Gauss sums.

Publications comprise published material by Fröhlich, 1950-2000, drafts and unpublished drafts, including work with Charles Terence Clegg Wall on Brauer groups, 'Galois modules and the functional equation', and draft of a longer text entitled 'mathematical theory of ostensive and consequently of empirical predicates'.

Visits, conferences and lectures include papers relating to Fröhlich's conference attendance and overseas visits 1956-1998, documentation of his participation in mathematics meetings held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut, Oberwolfach, Germany and papers relating to Visiting Professorships, including invitations, programmes, and texts or abstracts of lectures.

Correspondence,1950-2000, on subjects including progress of Fröhlich's research, discussions of problems with mathematical workings and drafts of papers. Notable correspondents include Fröhlich's Ph.D. supervisor Hans Arnold Heilbronn, colleagues Jean-Pierre Serre, Olga Taussky-Todd, Stephen Virgil Ullom and Charles Terence Clegg Wall, and former research students Colin J. Bushnell, Martin J. Taylor and Stephen Mark Johnson Wilson.

Theses and examinations comprise, theses of Ph.D. students supervised or examined by Fröhlich, including his research students at King's College London and examination papers, some with Fröhlich's manuscript calculations of answers, 1980-1990.

Fröhlich , Albrecht , 1916-2001 , 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
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
Flower, Robert
GB 0117 MS 806 · sub-fonds · 1877

Copy of 'The radix; a new way of looking at logarithms...in five problems by Robert Flower' made in 1877 by Alexander John Ellis with supplementary notes by Ellis including biographical information on Flower.

Ellis , Alexander John , 1814-1890 , philologist and mathematician
GB 0064 FIS · Collection · [1793-1863]

Papers of Rev George Fisher. The earliest items are two books of mathematical theorems, 1811 and 1813. There are volumes of notes and observations for both Fisher's Arctic voyages and for his period in the Mediterranean, accounts of later scientific work and abstracts of observations made by other scientists. This is the material which formed the basis of the scientific papers which he published in the Philosophical Transactions and elsewhere. There are letterbooks for Greenwich Hospital School from 1836 to 1863 (excepting the years 1858, 1859 and 1860) and other reports and papers relating to the School There are a number of items collected by Fisher The most important are Peter Puget's journal for March to May 1793 in the Chatham, storeship for Vancouver's expedition; a meteorological log also giving details of ship arrivals and departures at Madras, 1815 to 1816; Franklin's (q.v.) lunar observations on board the Trent in 1818 and Parry's (1790-1855) meteorological journal on his first two voyages in search of the North-West Passage in 1819 to 1820 and 1821 to 1823.

Fisher , George , 1794-1873 , Headmaster of Greenwich Hospital School and astronomer
Fatio, Nicolas (1664-1753)
GB 0117 MS 64 · sub-fonds · [17th century and early 18th century]

A commentary on Newton's 'Principia' by Nicholas Fatio, with an introductory note in English by Dr Johnstone about Fatio, his life, religious beliefs, death and dispersal of his books.

Fatio , Nicolas , 1664-1753 , mathematician and natural philosopher x Duillier , Nicolas , Fatio de
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
GB 0117 MS 795 · sub-fonds · 1756

A system of mathematical tables inscribed on title page ' James Elgar May 8th 1756'. Originally entitled 'A system of mathematical tables by James Elgar and John Newton' and bound with 'Tabulae Mathematicae' by John Newton.

Elgar , James , fl 1756 Newton , John , fl 1756
GB 0117 MS 728 · sub-fonds · 1866

A complete ternary square table up to 256,000 followed by a quaternary square table by Solomon Moses Drach, 1866.

Drach , Solomon Moses , 1815-1879 , mathematician
Douglas, James
GB 0096 MS 214 · 1723

A collection, compiled in 1723, of mathematical material, principally for the use of navigation.

Douglas , James , fl 1723 , soldier
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.

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GB 0096 MS165 · Fonds · 1830

Copy of the draft of the first work published by Augustus de Morgan, 'The Elements of Arithmetic', 1830.

Morgan , Augustus De , 1806-1871 , mathematician and historian x De Morgan , Augustus
GB 0096 AL 159 · 1833-1870

Papers of Augustus de Morgan, 1833-1870, comprise letters sent and received by De Morgan. Correspondents include: Miss Anne Sheepshanks and [her brother] Rev Richard Sheepshanks, Vice-Admiral W H Smyth, and Professor [Philip] Kelland of the University of Edinburgh.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , mathematician x De Morgan , Augustus
GB 0096 AL 201 · 1859

Papers of Augustus de Morgan, 1859, comprise a letter to Mrs Bax [grandmother of the composer Sir Arnold Bax], enquiring whether she is comfortably settled at her new address; an obituary of Professor De Morgan is attached to the second sheet.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , mathematician x De Morgan , Augustus
De Morgan Volume
GB 0103 MS ADD 27 · 1827

'Elements of statics', a volume written for publication at the proposal of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, though it was never actually published. De Morgan used it as evidence of his work and knowledge when applying for the Mathematics Chair at University College London in 1827.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , mathematician
De Morgan Tracts
GB 0103 MS ADD 6 · 1849-1851

Augustus De Morgan's mathematical tracts, copied by John Power Hicks from the original manuscripts in the Library of University College London.

Hicks , John Power , fl 1849-1851
De Morgan Papers (MS ADD 69)
GB 0103 MS ADD 69 · c1863-c1871

Mathematical fragments, letters, and papers.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , 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
GB 0103 MS ADD 3 · 1828

Manuscript of De Morgan's introductory lecture delivered at the opening of classes in mathematics at University College London on 5 November 1828. Appended are notes for another lecture.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , mathematician
GB 0103 MS ADD 2 · 1862

Notes for an introductory lecture in the Faculty of Arts and Laws at University College London.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , mathematician
De Morgan family
GB 0096 MS 913 · 1753-1975

Papers of the De Morgan family, [1756-1928], comprising material relating to the suffragette movement, such as photographs, newpapers, press cuttings and pamphlets; correspondence of Augustus de Morgan, with correspondents including Sir Frederick Richard Pollock, Sir George Biddle Airy, Sir John William Lubbock, John Wrottesley (2nd Baron Wrottesley), John Radford Young, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, John Finlaison, and General Sir John Briggs; correspondence of William Frend de Morgan, mainly with members of his family and Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones; material relating to the de Morgan and Frend families, notably family photographs, drawings, letters, legal documents and memorabilia; letters from Sophia and Mollie de Morgan to Joan Antrobus; manuscript and typescript copies of stories and essays by William and Mary de Morgan; papers relating to Sophia de Morgan's Memoir of her husband Augustus, including letters, reviews and working notes; bundle of letters containing correspondence concerning a petition to the women of America from the women of England about the abolition of slavery; printed material, mainly works by Augustus de Morgan; letters to Francis Baily, [1820-1940]; letters from Thomas Henderson to Thomas Galloway, 1834-1842; 5 watercolours of Scotland by Frances Shakerley, [1920-1930].

De Morgan , family
De Morgan Correspondence
GB 0103 MS ADD 97 · 1842-1881

Correspondence between Augustus De Morgan and George Boole, Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College Cork, dated 1842-1864. The collection also includes letters from John Stuart Mill, and letters from various correspondents mostly dated 1846-1848.

Morgan , Augustus , De , 1806-1871 , mathematician
GB 0117 MS 837 · sub-fonds · 1964-1981

Papers of Thomas George Cowling including correspondence with Neil Oscar Weiss, 1964-1989 and P A Gilman, 1980-1982.

Cowling , Thomas George , 1906-1990 , mathematician and astrophysicist
GB 0096 AL491 · Fonds · 1853

Letter from Matthew Collins of 40 Upper Pitt Street, Liverpool to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Apr 1853. Covering note, enclosing a pamphlet, On Clairaut's theorem ... (1853).

Autograph, with signature. A note in De Morgan's hand states that the content of the pamphlet, published in the Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, new series vol IX (1854), were plagiarized from a lecture given by Mr James MacCullagh in 1846.

Collins , Matthew , fl 1853 , mathematician and correspondent of Augustus De Morgan
Clinton Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 14 · c1889-1918

Notes on physics and mathematics.

Clinton , Wellesley Curran , 1871-1934 , Professor of Electrical Engineering
Clifford Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 104 · 19th century

Undated mathematical fragments.

Clifford , William Kingdon , 1845-1879 , mathematician
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
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
GB 0096 AL425 · Fonds · 1891

Letter from Josiah Latimer Clark of Westminster Chambers, 11 Victoria Street, London to Sydney Lupton, 2 Dec 1891. 'Your most delightful book of tables and constants is I presume on every table ...'. Writing in reply to a letter from Lupton, saying that he hopes to correct his own figures before long, since Lupton had referred him to an article by Professor [George Carey] Foster in Watts' Dictionary [of Chemistry].

Autograph, with signature.

Clark , Josiah Latimer , 1822-1898 , civil engineer x Clark , Latimer
City and Guilds College
GB 0098 FC-FS · Created 1876-1985

Records relating to the City and Guilds College (formerly the Central Institution of the City and Guilds Institute), 1876-1995, comprising a history, 1896; printed reports and schemes for the new institution, 1876-1884; speeches and accounts of the opening of the Central Institution, 1884; correspondence relating to the Jubilee, 1933-1935; programmes of the Central Institution, 1884-1931; letter books of the Secretary to the City and Guilds College Delegacy, 1911-1927; papers relating to the City and Guilds College Centenary, 1885-1985, and visitor's book (FC);
minutes of the Board of Studies, 1885-1913; report on equipment, 1889 (FE);
papers relating to the Engineering Board, notably minutes, 1915-1965, 1980-1984; correspondence and papers, 1911-1935; conference on postgraduate courses, 1962-1965; Chairman's notes and correspondence, 1955-1961; correspondence of the Research Committee, 1932-1951; senior appointments, 1913-1933 (FF);
papers of the Delegacy, notably minutes and reports, annual reports of the Dean of the Central Institution, 1911-1968; correspondence, 1910-1937, including research grants, 1915-1921; appointment of members, 1936-1970; minutes and accounts of the Finance and Special Committees, 1911-1924; correspondence and reports of the Organisation Committee, 1930-1931; chairmans' notes and correspondence, 1954-1968, donations, 1934-1936 (FG);
papers relating to links with Imperial College and the University of London, notably history of the City and Guilds London Institute, 1910; joint meetings and committee relating to the Delegacy, 1907-1910, 1955; correspondence of the Delegacy concerning the University of London, 1911-1921; degree and diploma examinations, 1926-1930; suspension of the Delegacy, 1966-1976 (FH);
papers relating to staff roles, including staff conference with Imperial College, 1911-1912; powers and duties of the Rector, 1918 and Deanship, 1931-1936; organisation and administration, 1918; papers relating to the Chemistry department, comprising regulations, examination papers and course notes of Professor Henry Edward Armstrong, 1884-1897; papers relating to the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department, comprising notebook of Professor William Ernest Dalby on courses, 1904-1908; notes on lectures given by Professor William Cawthorne Unwin, 1885-1887; lecture and laboratory notebooks of C E H Salmon, 1894-1896; examination papers, 1913; correspondence relating to the Unwin Library, 1933-1934; papers relating to the Mechanics and Mathematics department, comprising notes on lectures given by Professor Olaus Henrici, 1885-1889; examination papers, 1888-1929; papers relating to the Electrical Engineering department, comprising notes on lectures given by Professor William Edward Ayrton, 1885-1887, notebooks of C Percy Taylor, 1892-1895 (FK);
records relating to students, 1884-1913 (FP); matriculation and entrance examination results; 1905-1938, examination results, 1887-1913 (FQ); registers of students, 1884-1948, tuition fees ledgers, 1911-1918, attendance registers, 1919-1940 (FR); Central Gazette and other journals, 1889-1906 (FSG).

City and Guilds College
GB 0096 AL22 · Fonds · 1848

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Apr 1848. On algebraical formulae.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
GB 0096 AL25 · Fonds · 1852

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 4 Oct 1852. On mathematical matters.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
GB 0096 AL24 · Fonds · 1852

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 31 Aug 1852. On mathematical matters.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
GB 0096 AL23 · Fonds · 1850

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 17 May 1850. On mathematical matters.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
Cayley, Arthur
GB 0096 MS1012 · Fonds · 1891

Nine foolscap pages of handwritten mathematical calculations and notes by Arthur Cayley entitled 'Areal Co-ordinates' (December 1891)

Cayley , Arthur , 1821-1895 , mathematician
Burnett Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 108 · c1921-1924

Thirteen volumes of manuscript notes and calculations about magic squares.

Burnett , John Chaplyn , 1863-1943 , Major
GB 0096 AL461 · Fonds · [1857]

Letter from Henry Peter Brougham of [Westmorland] to [Augustus] De Morgan, 11 Sep [1857]. Referring to an article in Notes and Queries [2nd series, Volume 4] and discussing mathematical subjects. Autograph, with signature.

Brougham , Henry Peter , 1778-1868 , 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux , statesman x Brougham and Vaux , 1st Baron
Boole, George (1815-1864)
GB 0117 MS 782 · 1844-1855

Mathematical and scientific papers of George Boole.

Boole , George , 1815-1864 , mathematician
Black (Arthur) Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 257 · c1890

Twenty-three manuscript notebooks on mathematical statistics which include 'The theory of deviation from an average', the introduction to 'An algebra of evolution', and 'Problems relating to the mathematical treatment of statistics: periodicity and deviation'.

Black , Arthur , 1851-1893 , mathematician
GB 0120 MSS.7038 & 8316 · c 1800-1937

Papers of Jean-Baptiste Biot, c 1800-1937, including correspondence and a translation of Biot's Memoir on the Circular Zodiac of Denderah.

Biot , Jean-Baptiste , 1774-1862 , scientist
Best Arithmetic Book
GB 0103 MS GERM 3 · 1694

Manuscript volume, 1694: Rechenbuch. An arithmetic book containing problems, including calculations for finding the date of Judgement Day, the Golden Number, etc, together with astrological information. Some of the problems are set out in verse.

Best , Johann , fl 1694