Collins, John, 1626-1683 (mathematician and scientific administrator)
Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:
The Macclesfield Collection
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.
The Portsmouth Problem
"For Mr John Collins."
Thomas Strode's Notes on Bullialdus's 'Astronomia philolaica'
f.180 is a copy by Collins of part of f.178.
Two copy letters from John Collins to Isaac Newton, c 1880 (Original letters dated 3 August and 9 September 1676.)
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Two Propositions, to be Examined by Mr John Collins, 11 July 1660
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.
Unarranged fragments, mostly relating to the dispute with Leibniz, c 1665-c 1727
f.1 is in the hand of John Collins, most of the rest is in Newton's hand.
Various mathematical papers in the hand of John Collins, c 1673-c 1683 (f.276 refers to events of 1673 as being in the past.)
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.
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