Historical papers, [ca. 1400-1899].

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodson was born in England at Daresbury, Cheshire, to Charles Dodgson, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Frances Jane Lutwidge on January 27, 1832. In 1851, Dodgson matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1855 was appointed to a mathematical lectureship in that college, of which he remained a member for the rest of his life. A lifelong interest in writing, combined with a predisposition for story telling, word play, and games, led to a unique liter...

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

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English physicist and chemist. From the guide to the Michael Faraday letter, 1867 May 1, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) English chemist and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Royal Institution, to Benjamin Dockray, 1856 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607104668 Chemist, physicist. From the description of Michael Faraday letter, 1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010683 Engli...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Savage, Minot J. (Minot Judson), 1841-1918

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Minot Judson Savage was an American Unitarian clergyman and writer. He led congregations throughout the United States, including California, Chicago, Boston, and New York, openly supporting Darwin's evolutionary theories and social reform. Some of his most popular books discussed his views on life after death. From the description of Minot J. Savage letter to Mrs. King, 1904. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51590010 Church of the Unity minister...

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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Charles Babbage was a British mathematician and inventor. He helped found the Analytical Society, The Royal Astronomical Society, and the Statistical Society, and was a member of the Royal Academy. He invented several mechanical calculating machines, and designed an analytical engine that anticipated the digital computer. He also helped establish the modern English postal system, compiled the first reliable actuarial tables, and invented the locomotive cowcatcher. From th...

Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723

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Wren, British architect especially known for his design of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. From the description of [Letter] 1676 Jun. 1 To my Lord High Treasurer / Chr. Wren. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 503076756 Epithet: Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00010a English architect. From the description of Autograph letter si...

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

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Mathematician. Professor of mathematics at the State Normal School, Cortland, N.Y., 1884-1891; at Michigan State Normal College, 1891-1898; at New York State Normal School, Brockport, N.Y., 1898-1901; and at Teachers College, Columbia University, 1901-1944. He was the editor of the BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, the AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL MONTHLY, and SCRIPTA MATHEMATICA, a member of the International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics, 1908-1944, a...

Sheepshanks, R. (Richard), 1794-1855

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Klein, Félix, 1849-1925

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Pycroft, George, 1819-1894

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Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719

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First astronomer royal. From the description of Autograph document signed : to the Office of Ordnance, 1715 Jun. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512435 From the description of Receipt signed : Greenwich, ordering payment to Henry Howell, 1693 Jun. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538667 ...

Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869

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French mathematician and book thief. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Sorbonne, to a colleague, 1838 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591230 ...

Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

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American writer on navigation. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Salem, to an unidentified recipient, 1810 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910812 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, to William Vaughan in London, 1837 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910815 Astronomer, mathematician, and insurance executive. From the description of Nathaniel Bowditch correspondence, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 794511...

Marre, Aristide, 1823-1918

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Mackay, J. S. (John Sturgeon), 1843-1914

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Laurent, H. (Hermann), 1841-1908

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Monge, Gaspard, 1746-1818

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Casey, John, 1820-1891

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Bourlet, C. (Carlo), 1866-1913

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Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...

Playfair, Lyon Playfair, baron, 1818-1898

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Scottish scientist, liberal politician and Postmaster General under Prime Minister Gladstone. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified man, 1871 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 608229793 Statesman, scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Henry Austin, [1865] Mar. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617649 From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : to Prof. Knight, 1881-1...

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727

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English natural philosopher and mathematician. From the description of Receipt signed : London?, 1718 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612606 From the description of Autograph notes : [n.p.], ca. 1706?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611631 From the description of Document signed : London?, 1704 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612422 Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician. From the description of Notes on ancient history and ...

Milhaud, Gaston, 1858-1918

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Carvallo, E. (Emmanuel), 1856-

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Ocagne, Maurice d', 1862-1938.

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Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794

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French philosopher, mathematician and politician. From the description of Memoire sur les differences partielles : autograph manuscript signed, 1772 Sept. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538325 From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Basel, to the [Marquis de La Fayette), 1785 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531690 French philosopher, mathematician, and politician. From the description of Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, marquis de ...

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838

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Epithet: Prince of Benevento, French diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0000f2 French statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Avesne, to Edouard Colmache, his private secretary, 1835 Jun. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574456 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Valençay, to an unidentified "Madame", [no year] Sept. 22. (Unknown). ...

Schoute, P.H. (Pieter Hendrik), 1846-1913

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Euler, Leonhard

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Swiss mathematician and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1750 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660033697 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1750 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660062506 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1748 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659772323 From the description of...

Descartes, René, 1596-1650

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Epithet: philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0003dc ...

Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783

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French mathematician and physicist. From the description of Letter, 1752 Dec. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130317 French mathematician and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris, to Mme la Marquise du Deffand, 1753 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131833 From the description of Sur les couleurs qui se forment au foyer des lentilles, et sur les dimensions de ce foyer : autograph manuscript unsigned, undate...

Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963

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De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871

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Augustus De Morgan was an English mathematician. From the description of Letters, 1841-1866. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488833 From the guide to the Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866, 1841-1866, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Trevelyan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1807-1886

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Charles E. Trevelyan was Governor of Madras. From the description of The natural process by which a conquered people in an inferior grade of civilization adopt the language and system of learning of their more civilized conquerors, 1832. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523578 From the guide to the The natural process by which a conquered people in an inferior grade of civilization adopt the language and system of learning of their more civili...

Laisant, C.A. (Charles-Ange), 1841-1920

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Berkeley, George, 1685-1753

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Title: Baron and (1679) 1st Earl of Berkeley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x00039a Bishop and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gravesend, probably to the Bishop of London [Edmund Gibson] just before sailing for Rhode Island, 1728 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133394 ...

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 1732-1807.

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Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande was a French astronomer. From the description of Voyage d'un François en Italie, fait dans les années 1765 & 1766. 1769. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488799 French astronomer; teacher at the Collège Royale in Paris; compiler of navigational and astronomical tables and author of astronomy texts and other books on the history of mathematics and astronomy. From the description of Lett...

Neuberg, Joseph 1840-1926

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Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857

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Ancien Elève de l'ecole Polytechnique. From the description of Programme du cours de Philosophie positive, ca. 1826. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644785 ...

Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Comte de, 1701-1781

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Secretary of the Navy in France, 1723-1749; Secretary of the Royal Household, 1715-1749; member of France's Conseil d'en haut, the most important of the royal councils. From the description of Maurepas collection, 1694-1749 (bulk 1740-1749). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936538 French minister of state for the marine and the royal household under Louis XV (1723-1749); chief advisor and minister of state to Louis XVI (1774-1781). Official reports, docume...

Brocard, Pierre René Jean Baptiste Henri, 1845-1922.

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Ohm, Martin, 1792-1872

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Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823

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French government official and mathematician. From the description of Lazare Carnot letter, 1813 Aug. 1. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936987 French statesman and soldier. From the description of Letter signed as Ministre de l'Intérieur : Paris, to the "grand maitre" of the University, 1815 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134722 From the description of Document signed : Paris, to the agent national du district de Preuilly...

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716

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Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in Leipzig, Germany; he entered Leipzig Univ. and received the degree of doctor of law in 1666; became a philosopher, mathematician, and political advisor; became known as both a metaphysician and a logician, and invented differential and integral calculus; his major writings include: New physical hypothesis (1671), New method for the greatest and the least (1684), Discourse on metaphysics (1686), New system (1695), On the ultimate origin of things (1697), and On...

Rosse, William Parsons, Earl of, 1800-1867

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Poincaré, Henri, 1854-1912

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Mathematician (mathematical physics, celestial mechanics). On faculty of Université de Caen (1880); and Université de Paris (1881-1912). From the description of Selected papers [microform], 1873-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306282 ...

Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879

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Physicist (mathematical physics, electricity, and magnetism) and mathematician. Chair, natural philosophy, Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland (1856-1860); professor of physics and astronomy, King's College, London (1860-1865); and professor of experimental physics, Cambridge University (1871-1879). From the description of Papers, 1845-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79980550 From the description of Papers, 1847-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83949050 P...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

Quételet, Adolphe (1796-1874).

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Adolphe Quetelet was an astronomer, meteorologist, statistician, and director of the Royal Observatory, Brussels. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1839. From the description of Correspondence, 1822-1872. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298244 From the description of Correspondence, 1822-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84587306 Adolphe Quetelet was an astronomer, meteorologist, statistician, and director of...

Mannheim, Victor Mayer Amédée, 1831-1906.

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Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827

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Marquis Peirre-Simon de Laplace was among the most influential French astronomers, physicists, and mathematicians of his generation. His most famous work concerns celestial mechanics, cosmogony, and probability theory. A senator, he also played a first-rank role in orienting scientific research and policies in Napoléon's Empire. From the description of Papers, 1779-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84004470 Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827) was France's premier astronomer...

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...

Gohierre de Longchamps, Gaston Albert, 1842-

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