Vieta, Franciscus, -1603, French geometrician

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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 PELL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 65). Included are:-(1) 'Tabulae Directoriae ad praxin Mathematicam nonnichil conferentes. Cum earundem constructione et usu' by John Pell; 16 July 1628. ff. 1-5b. (2) 'Eclipticus Prognosta, or The Eclips Prognosticator', by ..., 1628-1658 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXII (ff. 339).includes:f. 24 Rudolph van Ommeren, Dutch Commissioner to the Evangelical Cantons of Switzerland: Letter to J. Pell: circ. 1656.: Fr.f. 24 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Letter to, from R. van Ommeren: ci... British Library
referencedIn includes:ff. 1-43 b Franciscus Vieta, d 1603 French geometrician: Zetetica, libb. i.-v.: 16th cent.: Hologr.ff. 44-151 b Geometry: Diagrams for measuring heights and distances, with short notes: 17th cent.: Germ.f. 152 Germany, General: Schemat... 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 Vol. XVII (ff. 405).includes:ff. 1-4 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher: Geometrical papers by, with refutations of them: 1671.: Printed.f. 50 Johann Heinrich Rahn, the elder; Swiss mathematician: Letters to J. Pell: 1654-1675.: Lat.f. 50 John Pell, d ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. III (ff. i + 392).includes:f. 18 Johann Heinrich Rahn, the elder; Swiss mathematician: Letter to: 1654: Lat.f. 20 Jacobus a Wassanaer: Mathematical problems: 17th cent.: Dutch.f. 21 Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet; diplomatist and mathemat... 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
referencedIn PELL PAPERS. Vol. Xl (ff. 459). Problems, exercises and extracts from the works of Diophantus Alexandrinus, Franciscus Vieta, Alexander Anderson of Aberdeen, etc. Among them are:-(a) Definitions, etc. of astronomical anomalies. ff. 26-37;-(b) Canon... British Library
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