MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript Mathematics . "ROBERT PHILLIPS HIS BOOK"
Unpublished Manuscript
1807
This manuscript is completely filled in a neat and
readable hand with calligraphic titles.The front
pastedown ( and elsewhere ) bears the name of Robert
Phillips, Theddlestone 1807 Lincolnshire. The book is
a typical vellum notevbook of the time , at a guess 8
inches x 6 inches.The binding is a little loose, but
still all in one piece. The book starts (as often) at
both ends , and is completely filled -one blank side
as far as I can see . There are 91 (approx) leaves
givingv 182(approx) pages, un- numbered.
Headings as follows; The Application to Addition,
The Application to Multiplication, Application to
Division, Reduction, Weights and Measures, Troy
Weight,Avoirdupoise Weight,Cloth Measure,Wine
Measure, Ale and Beer Measure,Dry Measure, Time, The
Rule of Three Direct,The Rule of Three Inverse,Rules
of Practice,Duodecimals, Measuring By The Suare of
100 Feet as Flooring, Partitioning,Roofing,Tiling
&c,Measuring by the rod,Interest, Commission,
Brokerage,Insurance, Purchasing Stock etc, Discount,
Compound Interest,Equation of Payments, Fellowship
without Time,Fellowship with Time,Barter,Loss and
gain,Exchange,Spain,Italy,Portugal, Holland Flanders
and Germany,Ireland, America and th West Indies,
Single Position, double Position,Addition of
Decimals, Multiplication of Decimals,Division of
Decimals,Reduction of Decimals,The Rule of Three in
Decimals,Extraction of the Square Root, To Find a
mean proportional between any two Given Numbers,To
Find the sidf of a square Equal in area to any given
surfaces, Having the area of a circle To find the
diameter,The base andHypotenuse Being given to find
the Perpendicular, The base and Perpendicular being
given to find the Hypotenuse,The Hypotenuse and
perpendicular being given to find the base. And from
the back...a section relating to parish rental
Disbursement and the costs.
The textbook that Phillips has been working from has
been identified as "Walkingame".
keywords: Walkingame, Mathematics,
condition: Very Good
type:
jacket: No Jacket
binding: Vellum
£95.00
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