Notebook with mathematical notes, diagrams and problems. Also contains philosophical musings on man and war, geometrical drawings, notes on Chinese words, diagram for creating a weigh balance, instructions to extract salt and draft lines for a poem.… read more
Mathematics
22 Descrição arquivística resultados para Mathematics
Manuscripts concerned with bodies at rest and in motion and velocity. Handwritten, 13 pieces, 28 sides
"Of the five Spirals whom n-1 = -3 or the Force ∝ 1/Distance3" Theorems and workings, draft manuscript. Handwritten, 5 pieces, 10 sides
Assorted sheets of mathematical workings dating from time in Cambridge[1790] to 1837. Some are written on old letters which enables dating. Handwritten, 60 pieces
There are two letters:
- Draft Letter from Thomas Manning to "My Lord" in which he remembers his gratitude for his Lordship providing a letter for him to carry when he was travelling to China, in case they were attacked by the French. He now asks for … read more
Letter from Thomas Manning, Diss, Norfolk to John Rickman, New Palace Yard, London. He writes that he would have written earlier but Rickman's letter reached him as he was about to leave Cambridge where he had been detained by illness. The majority of… read more
Thomas Manning was an inveterate note-taker, making notes about all aspects of knowledge that interested him. These notes and notebooks cover from his early mathematical and poetical musing, through his travels in China and Tibet to later concerns… read more
Hardcover folder with green /red marbling. The initial M is written on ink on front cover. This contains notes, some of which are still held to the cover, others are loose and include three small notebooks. They cover from Manning's time at university to his later years.
"On Stimulus". Draft manuscript on stimulus and proportion of light reflected changing its ratio in true objects when absolution of liquid is changed. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides
Geometrical Propositions. Draft manuscript. Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides