Collins, John, 1626-1683 (mathematician and scientific administrator)
Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Richard Townelely to John Collins, 13 May 1672
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.
Letter from the Royal Society to Mr Baldroe, Vicechancellor of Christ's College, 1668
Copy by John Collins. The recipient was perhaps a Mr Baldero, who was Master of Jesus College Cambridge from 1663 to 1679 and vice-chancellor of Cambridge in 1668, and the letter concerned the work of Isaac Barrow.
Letter from Thomas Baker [probably] to John Collins, 4 September 1678
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.
Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins, 20 July 1676
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.
Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins, 27 December 1676
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.
Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins, 15 March 1676 (1676/7)
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.
Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins, 10 April 1677
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.
Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins, 15 June 1677
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.
Letter from Thomas Brancker to John Collins, 28 December 1667
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.
Letter from Thomas Brancker to John Collins, 10 May 1671
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.
Letter from Thomas Strode to John Collins, 11 July 1672
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.
Letter from Thomas Strode to John Collins, 17 October 1672-19 October 1672
f.169 is a postscript by John Beale.
Letter from Thomas Strode to John Collins, 31 May 1673
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.
Letter from Thomas Strode to John Collins, 25 September 1673
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.
Letter from Thomas Strode to John Collins, 20 April 1675
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.
Letter from Thomas Strode to John Collins, 28 July 1675
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.
Manuscripts of John Collins and Others, c 1650
The Macclesfield Collection principally comprises the archives of John Collins (1625-1683) and William Jones (1675-1749). As well as being mathematicians in their own right, both men corresponded with leading scientific figures of their day and so the collection includes autograph material by Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Henry Briggs, Roger Cotes, Henry Oldenburg and Robert Hooke.
Mercator of Differences, 1650 - 1683 (circa)
The Macclesfield Collection principally comprises the archives of John Collins (1625-1683) and William Jones (1675-1749). As well as being mathematicians in their own right, both men corresponded with leading scientific figures of their day and so the collection includes autograph material by Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Henry Briggs, Roger Cotes, Henry Oldenburg and Robert Hooke.
Miscellaneous Mathematical Papers, c 1650-c 1750
Various hands, including those of Jones and Collins.
Miscellaneous Papers: To Be Added to the Bundles Already Sorted and Numbered, 1727 (One of the papers is a set of tables addressed to Edmund Halley and dated 15 February 1727.)
In the hands of John Collins and others.
Notes on Gibson's Algebra, c1650 - c1683
Autograph notes by John Collins on 'Syntaxis mathematica, or, A construction of the harder problemes of geometry' by Thomas Gibson.
Of Mr Strode's Conic Sections, c 1650-c 1683
Copy by John Collins of a work by Thomas Strode.
Preliminary Notes for letters to John Wallis and Francis Vernon, 16 March 1671 (1671/2)
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.
The Brereton Problem, 5 August 1676
"For his much respected Friend, John Collins."
The Finding of Means
By James Gregory, in the hand of John Collins
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