Briggs, Henry, -1631, mathematician

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referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 198). The contents include:-(1) 'Christiani Hugenii, De Saturni luna observatio nova'; The Hague, 5 Mar. 1656. f. 1. (2) Treatise on geometry, perhaps by George Hastines; n.d. ff. 2-30. (3) Treatise on geometry, perhaps by -... British Library
referencedIn Vos. XVI (ff. 341).includes:ff. 42, 43 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'Poor Robin's Intelligence': 1676.ff. 62-77, 80-84, 163b, 181, 226 Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.f. 78 Robert Hooke, FRS: Note... British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. i + 341). Miscellaneous geometrical and trigonometrical problems, calculations, and extracts from the works of William Oughtred, Henry Briggs, Diophantus Alexandrinus, etc.Diophantus, of Alexandria; Greek mathematician: Ar... British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 196). Included are:-(1) An Introduction to Algebra, translated ... by Thomas Brancker, M.A., much altered and augmented by D.P. (i.e. Dr. Pell); 1668. Printed with MS. corrections in Pell's autograph. ff. 1-32.(2) Letters t..., 1628-1676 British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 373). Tables of logarithms, and miscellaneous geometrical problems and calculations.includes:ff. 1-6 Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent. British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. XXIV (ff. 558). A miscellaneous collection of treatises, of Pell's notes on them, problems, tables of logarithms, etc., including the following;-(a) 'Labyrinthus ingenii'; 1629. ff. 1-7;-(b) 'The ground of all the recreations in N..., 1629 British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. i + 330). Various works and extracts, partly in Pell's autograph, among them being:-(a) 'De progressionis differentialis gradu secundo'; 1630. f. 9;-(b) 'Logistica generalis'; 1634. f. 15;-(c) 'Progymnasma analyticum'; 1637...., 1630-1637 British Library
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. XIV (ff. i + 219). Trigonometrical and algebraical problems and calculations; Pell's 'Logistica, or the Art of reckoning', 1635 (f. 47); and extracts from the works of Isaac Barrow, W. Oughtred, Franciscus Vieta, and especially from... British Library
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