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2: To find, by an universal rule, very nearly, the place of a Comet or Planet revolving in an elliptic orbit, from the mean Anomaly being given, c 1710-c 1749
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.
3: Concerning the equations for the motions of the planets and comets, c 1710-c 1749
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.
6: The Equations for the Motions of the Planets and Comets, c 1710-c 1749
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.
8: On Newton's Principia, Proposition 31, c 1710-c 1749
Add. 9597/6/23-31 form a numbered sequence.
9: Various methods, c 1710- c 1749
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.
"A System of Ethics" and "A System of Politics", c 1641
MS treatises by William Jones.
A Table of the Paschal Limits or the days on which the full moon which immediately precedes Easter day, will fall according to the several Golden numbers, from the years 1751 to 1899 both inclusive (/from 1900 to 2199 both inclusive), c 1710-c 1749 (This is the first year that the table covers.)
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.
Algebraic Problems, c 1710-c 1749
Teaching materials - front cover numbered '2'.
Algebraical Questions, c 1710 - c 1749
Teaching materials, front cover numbered '9'. Each question and its solution is on a separate folio, most of which is left blank.
Amount of an Annuity at Compound Interest, c 1700-c 1749
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.
An extract of a letter from William Jones Esq; F.R.S to Martin Folkes Esq; President of the Royal Society; containing a commodious disposition of equations for exhibiting the relations of goniometrical lines, c 1746
A printed copy from Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 44 (1746), pp. 560-566, and several manuscript drafts/copies.
Analysis (Number 2.I), c 1700 - c 1750
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.
Analysis (Number 6), c 1700 - c 1750
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.
Annuities Upon Lives, c 1734
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.
Arithmetick Progression, c 1710 - c 1749
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.
Artis Analytica Specimina; Matheseos Universalis Specimina; Geometria Analytica: Isaac Newton, c 1720 - c 1736 (The date Oct. 1666 appears on f.2.)
Astronomic Miscellanies, c 1710 - c 1749
Loose papers, partly in the hand of William Jones.
Astronomical Lecture, c 1710-c 1749
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.
Astronomical Problems, c 1710-c 1749
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.
Brief note by William Jones
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Catalogue of Correspondence Between David Gregory and John Collins
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.
Combinations, c 1710-c 1749
Fair copy of Add. MS 9597/4/10.
Combinations, c 1710-c 1749
Rough copy of Add. MS 9597/4/9
Comparative tables of weights, measures, currency etc., 1710 - 1749 (circa)
Mostly in the hand of William Jones.
Concerning the Aberration of the fixed Stars arising from the motion of Light & the motion of the Earth on it's Orbit, c 1710-c 1749
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.