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 - Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3b58v - Status/Location:
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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