Details

Subjects:

Algebra.
Geometry.
Plane trigonometry.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts, American.

Biography/History:

Student at the English School (1783-1784) and Latin School (1787-1791) of the Academy of Philadelphia; and student at the University of Pennsylvania, A.B. 1794.

Summary:

Student notes, examples, and exercises for algebra, trigonometry, and geometry.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Pagination: Paper, 88; 1-24, [i], 25-30, 40-65, 70-86, 89-164, 167, [xxiii], contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [1-88], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.
Layout: Text passages written in 18-20 lines per page, ruled in lead.
Decoration: Decorated table of contents (f. 1v) and section headings; numerous geometrical diagrams and drawings.
Binding: 18th-century quarter leather, with much of the leather on the covers now gone.
Origin: Written in Philadelphia in 1791 (note, f. 1r).

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Seymour Adelman, 1948.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1035

OCLC:

155928893