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Oughtred, William, ? 1575-1660 (mathematician)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: ? 1575 - 1660

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

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Apollonii Pergaei Conicorum, c 1650-c 1750

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/11/51
Scope and Contents

Unknown hand

Dates: c 1650-c 1750
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Draft Letter from John Collins to John Wallis, c 1667

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/191
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This category contains the manuscript letters in the Macclesfield collection excluding the Newton holographs and letters to Newton. It also contains a few other items which were bound alongside these letters.

Dates: c 1667
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Elements of Music, c 1600-c 1700

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/16/16
Scope and Contents

Latin original (autograph?) bound in hard covers with English translation on loose folia.

Dates: c 1600-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Ex promoto Archimede Marini Ghetaldi, c 1610 (Ghetaldi's paper on Archimedes was published in 1603.)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/15/8
Scope and Contents

Title on spine is: "Oughtred of the Comparison of Bodies and of Perspective".

Dates: c 1610 (Ghetaldi's paper on Archimedes was published in 1603.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Extractions of the first and second single side of Adfected Equations, being an Illustration of Mr William Oughtred upon that subject by William Northall, c 1650-c 1683

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/4/16
Scope and Contents

Copy by John Collins of Northall's treatise.

Dates: c 1650-c 1683
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Keylway's draft of the letter at f.172, written on back of letter from Oughtred to Keylway, 26 October 1645

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/173
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 26 October 1645
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Brook Taylor to William Jones, 5 May 1719

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/237
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 5 May 1719
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Francois Derand to William Oughtred (recto); draft reply from Oughtred to Derand (verso), 3 October 1634 (The date refers to the letter from Oughtred to Derand, that from Derand to Oughtred is undated.)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/97
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 3 October 1634 (The date refers to the letter from Oughtred to Derand, that from Derand to Oughtred is undated.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Johannes Huniades Ungaro Transilvanus to William Oughtred, 15 December 1637

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/243
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 15 December 1637
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from John Hales to William Oughtred, 7 Oct. 1616

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/110
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 7 Oct. 1616
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from John Twysden to William Oughtred, 18 February 1649 (1649/50)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/244-245
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 18 February 1649 (1649/50)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from John Wallis to William Oughtred, 5 February 1654 (1654/5)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/251
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 5 February 1654 (1654/5)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from John Wallis to William Oughtred, 28 February 1654 (1654/5)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/252
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 28 February 1654 (1654/5)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Richard Shuttleworth to William Oughtred, 22 January 1656

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/235
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 22 January 1656
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Richard Stokes to William Oughtred, 6 February 1654 (1654/5)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/236
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 6 February 1654 (1654/5)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Robert Austin to William Oughtred, 3 December 1652

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/19
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 3 December 1652
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Robert Austin to William Oughtred, 1 November 1653

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/20
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 1 November 1653
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Robert Keylway to William Oughtred, 26 October 1645

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/172
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 26 October 1645
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Seth Ward to William Oughtred, 4 January 1652 (1652/3)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/250
Scope and Contents

f.250b enclosed in the bifolium.

Dates: 4 January 1652 (1652/3)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from Sir Charles Cavendish to William Oughtred, 11 February 1635

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/63
Scope and Contents

f.63* is a scrap of paper containing notes on biblical chronology.

Dates: 11 February 1635
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from William Alabaster to William Oughtred, 27 August 1633

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/2-3
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 27 August 1633
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from William Gascoigne to William Oughtred, 2 Dec. 1640

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/103
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 2 Dec. 1640
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from William Gascoigne to William Oughtred, c February 1641

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/104-107
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: c February 1641
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from William Oughtred to Elias Allen, 20 August 1638

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/215
Scope and Contents

Enclosed is a 2 foot long impression of a copper plate (f.215b.) This has been photographed in two halves.

Dates: 20 August 1638
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Letter from William Price to William Oughtred, 2 June 1642

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/223
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 2 June 1642
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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