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Sharp, Abraham, 1651-1742 (mathematician and scientific instrument maker)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1651 - 1742

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Abraham Sharp: Table of areas of the Segments of a Circle; Tables of Logarithms; Autograph Letters, 9 January 1704-30 January 1720

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/1
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: 9 January 1704-30 January 1720
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.
 Item

Draft of a Letter from Edmund Halley to Abraham Sharp, 1705-23 April 1705 (Draft undated - this is the date of the final version of the letter.)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/90
Scope and Contents

In Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, William Cudworth (London, 1889), p.33, there is a facsimile of variant version of this letter.

Dates: 1705-23 April 1705 (Draft undated - this is the date of the final version of the letter.)
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.