An edition of Rare mathematica
(1839)
Rara mathematica
or, A collection of treatises on the mathematics and subjects connected with them, from ancient inedited manuscripts.
by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, William Bourne, and Joannes de Sacro Bosco
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1. Johannis de Sacro-Bosco Tractatus de arte numerandi.
II. A method used in England in the fifteenth century for taking the altitude of a steeple or inaccesible object.
III. A treatise on the numeration of algorism.
IV. A treatise on the properties and qualities of glasses for optical purposes, according to the making, polishing, and grinding of them. By William Bourne.
V. Johannis Robyns de cometis commentaria.
VI. Two tables: one shewing the time of high water at London Bridge, and the other the duration of moon-light.
VII. A treatise on the mensuration of heights and distances.
VIII. An account table for the use of merchants.
IX. Alexandri de Villa Dei Carmen de algorismo.
X. Prefatio Danielis de Merlai ad librum de naturis superiorum et inferiorum.
XI. Proposal for some inventions in the mechanical arts.
XII. The preface to a calendar or almanac for the year 1430.
XIII. Johannis Norfolk in artem progressionis summula.
XIV. Appendix: I. A few observations on the numerical contractions found in some manuscripts of the treatise on geometry by Boetius. II. Notes on early almanacs.
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