Mathematical Collection (page 3)

Wurdemann's Theodolite
5616442 Wurdemann's Theodolite; (add.info.: Illustration depicting William Wurdemann's Theodolite, a precise level with a graduated horizontal circle. Dated 19th Century)

The Grand Theodolite, 1850
3480118 The Grand Theodolite, 1850; (add.info.: Diagram depicting the Grand Theodolite; a surveying instrument with a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles)

By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall. From Gulliver's voyage to Laputa
2963126 By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall. From Gulliver's voyage to Laputa. From Gullivers Travels published c.1875; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Mr W F Stanley, Optician, Patentee and Practical Manufacturer of Mathematical, Drawing, and Surveying Instruments, 4
8648215 Mr W F Stanley, Optician, Patentee and Practical Manufacturer of Mathematical, Drawing, and Surveying Instruments, 4, 5, and 10 Great Turnstile, Holborn, WC (engraving) by English School

Baldassare Boncompagni, Italian historian and Governor-General of Central Italy (engraving)
8677045 Baldassare Boncompagni, Italian historian and Governor-General of Central Italy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Augustin Hirschvogel, German artist, mathematician and cartographer (engraving)
8663702 Augustin Hirschvogel, German artist, mathematician and cartographer (engraving) by Hirschvogel, Augustin (1503-53); Private Collection; (add.info.: Augustin Hirschvogel (1503-1553)

At the school there are three pupils engaged in the various activities of the class
JAB5037023 At the school there are three pupils engaged in the various activities of the class. Advertising card for " Le bon marche".; (add.info)

Wooden box containing brassed mathematics instruments, Late 16th-early 17th century (brass)
DEX5040799 Wooden box containing brassed mathematics instruments, Late 16th-early 17th century (brass); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Title page from The First Six Books of the elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne published in 1847
5668983 Title page from The First Six Books of the elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne published in 1847; (add.info.: Photograph of title page from original 1847 first edition)

Pythagoras (c. 570-around 480 BC), Greek mathematician and philosopher. Detail of a page of a manuscript representing
BEN5464408 Pythagoras (c. 570-around 480 BC), Greek mathematician and philosopher. Detail of a page of a manuscript representing the allegories of arithmetic and geometry

Portrait of Luigi Lagrange, seated with an easel behind him at right with a mathematical e... 1827
Portrait of Luigi Lagrange, seated with an easel behind him at right with a mathematical equation, 1827

Abacus, Bead Calculator, probably 16th century (wood and wire)
AMQ114275 Abacus, Bead Calculator, probably 16th century (wood and wire) by Russian School (16th century); 6.5x9.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; © Ashmolean Museum

Dancing Torus
Aviwe Gqwaka

Geometric shapes, from Harmonices Mundi by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630
BMR218725 Geometric shapes, from Harmonices Mundi by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) published in Linz, 1619 (engraving) by Austrian School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris

Gomboc 400, 2019 (bronze)
6211505 GAombAoc 400, 2019 (bronze) by Hungarian School; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; (add.info)

Babylonian clay tablet with Geometrical Problems
Babylonian Clay table with Geometrical problems in cuniform script, from the British Museums collection.Babylonian clay tablet with Geometrical problems in cuniform script

Washington, D.C. public school classroom scenes - "mathematical geography", (1899?). Students examining globes

A class in mathematical geography studying earth's rotation... Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1899
A class in mathematical geography studying earth's rotation around the sun, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899

Cambridge - Queens College, Mathematical Bridge - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

PRODIGY : HEINECKEN
CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HEINECKEN (1721 - 1725), known as The Infant of Lubeck, had mathematical and memory gifts, wide knowledge of history and geography, and predicted his own death at 4

James Gregory (1638-75), Scottish mathematician and astronomer, from Crabb's Historical Dictionary, pub
4071120 James Gregory (1638-75), Scottish mathematician and astronomer, from Crabb's Historical Dictionary, pub. 1825 (print) by Unknown Artist

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A Mathematical Geography class studying the earth's rotation around the sun
2623611 A Mathematical Geography class studying the earth's rotation around the sun by Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952); (add.info)

Albert Einstein in his study at Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, 1940 (b/w photo)
539487 Albert Einstein in his study at Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, 1940 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Albert Einstein with a student (b/w photo)
539477 Albert Einstein with a student (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Samuel Morland's mechanical calculator in brassware and silver, 1664 (brass)
DEX5040743 Samuel Morland's mechanical calculator in brassware and silver, 1664 (brass) by Unknown Artist, (17th century); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin, Heike Kammerling-Onnes and Pierre Weiss at Ehrenfest's home
539471 Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin, Heike Kammerling-Onnes and Pierre Weiss at Ehrenfest's home, Leyden, Netherlands (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer

Lazarus Bendavid
3789077 Lazarus Bendavid; (add.info.: Lazarus Bendavid (1762-1832) was a German philosopher and mathematician, director of the Freischule (Jewish Free School) and follower of Kantian philosophy

Albert Einstein studying spectrograph at the base of a 150-ft tower telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
539480 Albert Einstein studying spectrograph at the base of a 150-ft tower telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, USA (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Calculator by Tito Gonnella (born 1794), 1896 (object)
DEX5040748 Calculator by Tito Gonnella (born 1794), 1896 (object) by Italian School, (19th century); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Triangulation instrument in gold brassed, 16th century (brass)
DEX5040795 Triangulation instrument in gold brassed, 16th century (brass) by Lanci, Baldassare (Baldassare da Urbino) (c.1510-71); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Set containing mathematics instruments (square, compsole, pendulum, compas, rules), late 16th century (brass)
DEX5040744 Set containing mathematics instruments (square, compsole, pendulum, compas, rules), late 16th century (brass) by Schissler

Divina proportione, June 1, 1509. Creator: Unknown
Divina proportione, June 1, 1509

Libro de Geometria, Practica y Traca, 1589. Creator: Juan de Alcega
Libro de Geometria, Practica y Traca, 1589

Studies of the Illumination of the Moon, fol. 1r from Codex Leicester, c
CH15834 Studies of the Illumination of the Moon, fol. 1r from Codex Leicester, c.1506-08 (pen & ink on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian

A Personification of Geometry (oil on canvas)
CH392192 A Personification of Geometry (oil on canvas) by Dossi, Dosso (c.1479-1542); 140x151.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84)
491776 The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84) by Greek School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Original codex Byzantine, probably Constantinople)

Title page of La Geometrie by Rene Descartes, 1664 (engraving & print)
477915 Title page of La Geometrie by ReneDescartes, 1664 (engraving & print) by French School, (17th century); 22.4x16.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Published by Charles Angot)

Terrestrial globe, 1645-48 (wood, paper, gypsum and copper)
4071431 Terrestrial globe, 1645-48 (wood, paper, gypsum and copper) by Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638) and Joan (1596-1673); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Compasses Maker (engraving)
3646644 The Compasses Maker (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Compasses Maker)

Napiers Bones or Rods (engraving)
3653644 Napiers Bones or Rods (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napiers Bones or Rods)

The Game of Logic (playing board) by Lewis Carroll, published in 1887
3614708 The Game of Logic (playing board) by Lewis Carroll, published in 1887 by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Diagram of Pythagorean octave scale Page 34 of Descrizione delle immagini dipinte da
3611272 Diagram of Pythagorean octave scale Page 34 of Descrizione delle immagini dipinte da Raffaelle d Urbino nel Palazzo Vaticano by Giovanni Pietro Bellori and Giorgio Vasari

A Compendium of Treatises on Astronomy and Mathematics by Nasir Al-Din Muhammad bin
3794303 A Compendium of Treatises on Astronomy and Mathematics by Nasir Al-Din Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Tusi (d.1274), Seljuk Anatolia, probably Kaiseri (Qaysariya)

The British Association at Birmingham, Portraits of the Presidents of Sections (engraving)
1054989 The British Association at Birmingham, Portraits of the Presidents of Sections (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Thomas Ripley & Co, trade card (engraving)
610451 Thomas Ripley & Co, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Ripley & Co)

The Forthcoming Meeting of the British Association, the President-Elect and Presidents of Departments (engraving)
1044455 The Forthcoming Meeting of the British Association, the President-Elect and Presidents of Departments (engraving) by English School

Scientific Instrument Maker, John Bird, trade card (engraving)
983990 Scientific Instrument Maker, John Bird, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scientific Instrument Maker, John Bird, trade card)

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