Mathematics
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Series
A few MS leaves, containing Compendium Trigonometriae, c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3959.5: 33-44
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Notes and papers regarding algebra and trigonometry.
Dates:
c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
A Fragment that goes with Add.3960.11: 193/195, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.9: 161-164
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
A Scheme of Mathematical Learning Proposed for Mr Stone's Foundation at Christ's Hospital, c 1665-c 1727
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4005.19: 85-90
Scope and Contents
Several drafts.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1727
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Analysis per quantitates fluentes et earum momenta, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.6: 71-94
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
Arithmetica Universalis, c 1705
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3993
Scope and Contents
Incomplete draft.
Dates:
c 1705
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Calculation of the Area of the Hyperbola, Autumn 1665
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.4: 77-80
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
Autumn 1665
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
College Notebook, 1664-1665
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4000
Scope and Contents
A small note-book, written from both ends, containing early exercises - extraction of the square and cube root, elementary Geometry, etc. - followed by annotations of Wallis's Arithmetica Infinitorum. This is preceded by a note of Newton's fixing by an entry in his account-book the date of the annotations as being in the winter 1664-1665, at which time he says he found the method of infinite series. Also notes on music, chances etc.
Dates:
1664-1665
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
De motu Corporum Liber Secundus, c 1687
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3990
Scope and Contents
Draft of 'De Mundi Systemate', first printed in 1731.
Dates:
c 1687
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Draft of Newton's Letter concerning 'A Scheme of Mathematical Learning Proposed for Mr Stone's Foundation at Christ's Hospital', c 1665-c 1727
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4005.21: 93
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers either in Newton's hand or concerning his life and work. Subjects covered include the Royal Society, education, cosmography, mechanics, mathematics, astronomy and shipbuilding.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1727
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Draft of Newton's Letter concerning 'A Scheme of Mathematical Learning Proposed for Mr Stone's Foundation at Christ's Hospital', c 1665-c 1727
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4005.22: 94-101
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers either in Newton's hand or concerning his life and work. Subjects covered include the Royal Society, education, cosmography, mechanics, mathematics, astronomy and shipbuilding.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1727
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Drafts of an unpublished Prop. Cas. 7 of 'De quadratura curvarum', c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.8: 137-160
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Early Paper on Fluxions, May 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.12: 197-206
Scope and Contents
pp.97-98 contain unrelated notes from the mid 1670s.
Dates:
May 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Fragments on Fluxions, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.13: 207-228
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
File
Integer Solutions of Quadratic Functions and Other Notes, c 1665
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.2: 31
Scope and Contents
Includes notes of the musical semitone.
Dates:
c 1665
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Method of Curves and Infinite Series, and application to the Geometry of Curves, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.14: 3-265
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.3: 1-32
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.7: 93-136
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Newton's Remarks on 'A Scheme of Mathematical Learning Proposed for Mr Stone's Foundation at Christ's Hospital', c 1665-c 1727
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4005.20: 91-92
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers either in Newton's hand or concerning his life and work. Subjects covered include the Royal Society, education, cosmography, mechanics, mathematics, astronomy and shipbuilding.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1727
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
Newton's Waste Book, 1612-c 1685 (Barnabas Smith began using the book in 1612; Isaac Newton began using in around 1664.)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4004
Scope and Contents
A commonplace book, written originally by the Rev. B. Smith, D.D. (Newton's step-father), used by Newton for geometrical and optical drafts, notes and calculations.
Dates:
1612-c 1685 (Barnabas Smith began using the book in 1612; Isaac Newton began using in around 1664.)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
File
Notes on Binomial Expansion and Related Subjects, Autumn 1665
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.3: 68-76
Scope and Contents
f.72 belongs before ff.70-71.
Dates:
Autumn 1665
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
File
Notes on Inheritance Laws and Mathematics, c 1665-c 1672
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.2: 32-33
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1672
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
File
Notes on Tangents and Other Subjects, 30 October 1665-13 November 1665
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.2: 34-37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
30 October 1665-13 November 1665
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Observations on the Algebra of Kinckhuysen, c 1669
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3959.1: 1-21
Scope and Contents
In 1669 Newton was asked by Barrow and Collins to add notes to a translation of Kinckhuysen's Algebra. He agreed on the condition that he would remain anonymous. This is a draft of these notes.
Dates:
c 1669
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Propositions in Fluxions, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.11:181-196
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Propositions in the Method of Fluxions, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.10:165-180
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.