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Pell, John, 1611-1685 (mathematician)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1611 - 1685

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Diophantus - Arithmetica, c 1650 - c 1670

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/5/1
Scope and Contents

A manuscript copy of the Arithmetica, with Pell's annotations in the wide margins.

Dates: c 1650 - c 1670
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 Letter from John Collins to John Pell, 28 August 1666

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/80-81
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 August 1666
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 Letters from John Collins to Various Recipients, 4 December 1666-9 April 1667

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/86-90
Scope and Contents

f.86 - to John Pell (December 4); f.87 - to Mr Branker; To Mr John Templar of Braybrooke; f.88 - possibly to Dr Pell; f.89 - to Dr Pell (9 April 1667)

Dates: 4 December 1666-9 April 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.
 File

"Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine," vol. XIV, Part 5., October 1868

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/1/5
Scope and Contents

Contains an essay entitled "Some Account of James Dodson, F.R.S." which includes some notes on a manuscript on the alogarithmic Canon by Warner and Pell which was thought possibly to reside in the Macclesfield Collection. No manuscript matching that description has been found.

Dates: October 1868
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

Letter from Isaac Barrow to John Collins, 14 May 1668

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/13
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: 14 May 1668
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

Letter from John Collins to Thomas Brancker, June 1672

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/42
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: June 1672
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

Letter from John Pell to John Collins, with inserted folio in the hand of Collins, 1665 - 1670

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/219-220
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: 1665 - 1670
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

Letter from Thomas Brancker to John Collins, 28 December 1667

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/40
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 December 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.