MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02217cam a22003131 4500
001 03029380
003 DLC
005 20130514082112.0
008 761013s1839 xx 000 0 eng
010 $a 03029380
035 $a(OCoLC)2499296
040 $aDLC$cDeU$dOCoLC$dDLC
050 00 $aQ153$b.H18 1839
100 2 $aHalliwell-Phillipps, J. O.$q(James Orchard),$d1820-1889$eed.
245 10 $aRara mathematica;$bor, A collection of treatises on the mathematics and subjects connected with them, from ancient inedited manuscripts.$cEd. by James Orchard Halliwell ...
260 $aLondon,$bJ. W. Parker; [etc., etc.]$c1839.
300 $aviii, 120, [3] p.$bfacism.$c21 cm.
500 $aPresentation copy, signed: "the author."
505 0 $a1. 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.
505 0 $aVII. 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.
650 0 $aAlgorismus.
650 0 $aCalendar.
650 0 $aScience, Medieval.
700 1 $aSacro Bosco, Joannes de,$dactive 1230.
700 1 $aBourne, William,$d-1583.
700 1 $aRobbins, John,$d1500?-1558.
700 0 $aAlexander,$cde Villa Dei.
700 1 $aMorley, Daniel of,$dactive 1170-1190.
700 1 $aNorfolk, Joannes.