Rule of Proportion, c 1710 - c 1749
Scope and Contents
This is possibly part of the MS referred to in Ward's "The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College": "These, which follow, are in the hands of Mr Jones. 1... 2... 3. And English treatise of common arithmetic, folio. In this are contained not only the vulgar rules, but also the manner of extracting the square and cube roots, with the rules of proportion, allegation, arithmetical and geometrical progression."
Dates
- Creation: c 1710 - c 1749
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
Extent
107 folio(s) (ff.107 [mixed] paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
V.7.4
Bibliography
General
Former reference 11.26
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