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Of the parabola.

Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799]
Format/Description:
Manuscript
39 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 198 x 163 (168 x 123) mm bound to 204 x 170 mm
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Subjects:
Geometry -- History.
Geometry.
History.
Mathematics -- History.
Mathematics.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Diagrams.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
English.
Summary:
Consists of the definition and construction of the parabola with 58 propositions in geometry, each illustrated with a diagram.
Contents:
Last section of the volume comprising propositions 43 through 58 is titled "The use of the parabola in projectiles" (p. 53-74).
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (p. 1).
Pagination: 39 leaves; [ii, 1], 2-72, [73-76]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Decoration: Illustrated with diagrams throughout.
Origin: Written in the 18th century.
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 526
OCLC:
155968345