Details

Other Title:

Numeration.
Weights and measures.
Geometria.
Stereometria.
Of the globes.
Trigonometry plain and sphaeric.
Description and use of some instruments.
Dyalling.
Astronomia.
Cursus chymiae.

Subjects:

Arithmetic -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Chemistry -- History.
Chemistry.
History.
Dialing -- Study and teaching.
Geometry -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
Measurement.
Numeration.
Physical measurements.
Plane trigonometry.
Spherical trigonometry.
Trigonometry -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
Trigonometry -- Study and teaching.
Trigonometry.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
Geometry -- Study and teaching.
Dialing.
Arithmetic -- Study and teaching.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Diagrams.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

English and Latin.

Summary:

Collection of lectures on various scientific topics. This appears to be the clean copy of lecture notes. There is a table of contents on f. 7r. There are many loose inserts tipped in. One has the name Michael Askell and the date 1693; two others are headed, "Medical and chymical characters explained."

Contents:

1. f.8r-16r: Arithmetic.
2. f.20r-26r: Weights and measures.
3. f.30r-44r: Geometrica.
4. f.48r-51r: Stereometria.
5. f.56r-65r: Of the globes.
6. f.67r-72r: Trigonometry.
7. f.74r-88r: The description and use of some instruments.
8. f.88v-126r: Dyalling.
9. f.128r-140r: Astronomy.
10. f.144r-172v: Cursus Chymiae.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Spine title: Hoc libro continentur hec systemata. This is also the heading of the table of contents (f. 7r).
Foliation: Paper, i (18th-century paper) + 200 + i (18th-century paper); [1-200]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation. Irregular contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Decoration: Diagrams throughout. Extensive use of red.
Watermark: Crown and fleur-de-lis.
Binding: 18th-century English gold-stamped red morocco. Generally in good condition. Some damage to the paper due to oxidation of the ink. Spine a little rubbed and worn.
Origin: Written in England in the late 17th to early 18th century.
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.

Penn Provenance:

Former owners include: Estcourt Library (bookplate, inside upper cover); Hatchwell cat. #7, 1955, item no. 307 (clipped excerpt on file in the Library).
Acquired, 1955.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 236 (Ms. E.F. Smith 19).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 118

Contributor:

Askell, Michael.

OCLC:

155962560