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1Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Mathematics copybook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  Circa 18th century 
 Abstract:  This eighteenth-century notebook on math contains graphs and solutions to problems. The rule for cube roots is also contained.

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 Call #:  Mss.510.M42 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Algebra. | Geometry. | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. 
2Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Reports on papers read to the Académie royale des sciences, Paris, 1746     
 Dates:  1746 
 Abstract:  This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

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 Call #:  Mss.506.44.In73p 
 Extent:  1 volume,_208_p. 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Electricity. | Geometry. | Natural history. 
3Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Arithmetic workbook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This notebook is from a course in arithmetic taken during the late-18th or early-19th century, possibly from West Nottingham Academy because it is bound with an Algebra notebook from that school. This notebook contains rules and essays on decimals and various equations.

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 Call #:  Mss.511.Ar4 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Arithmetic. | Fractions. | Geometry. | Mathematics. 
4Author:  Rauschardt, Felix Hannibal.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Arithmetica decimalis oder rechenkunst der geometrischen zehen theiligen ruthen, [and] Tractatus von der fortification, 1648-1649     
 Dates:  1648-1649 
 Abstract:  This interesting volume, supposedly found in the Bastille and transferred to Peter DuPonceau in the 19th century, contains information on mathematics and military science. The cover is ornamentally decorated in ink, some of which is colored. The text contains a section on geometry and trigonometry that includes many diagrams and calculations. The second part contains information on fortification and military sciences, some of which seems to apply the mathematics of the previous section to artillery and fortification design. The section on fortifications contains drawings and sketches of forts.

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 Call #:  Mss.511.R19a 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Military History | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Military Records | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Fortification. | Geometry. | Mathematics. | Trigonometry. 
5Author:  Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787Requires cookie*
 Title:  Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich papers, [ca. 1730-1786]     
 Dates:  Circa 1730-1786 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.H.S.Film.5 
 Extent:  14 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Geometry. | Hydraulic engineering. | Hydrography. | Mathematics. | Mechanics | Optics. | Philology. | Physics.