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1	Author:	Anonymous	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.510.M42
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Algebra. \| Geometry. \| Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.

2	Author:	Anonymous	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.511.Ar4
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Arithmetic. \| Fractions. \| Geometry. \| Mathematics.

3	Author:	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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.

4	Author:	unknown	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.506.44.In73p
	Extent:	1 volume,_208_p.
	Topics:	Beyond Early America
	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Electricity. \| Geometry. \| Natural history.

5	Author:	Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	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.