Mathematical Collection (page 8)

Blanquerna. Novel written around 1293 by Mallorcan writer and philosopher Ramon Llull. It chronicles the life of its eponymous hero. Front. Valencia, 1521

Abacus, also called a counting frame. Cesis. Latvia

Joseph Bertrand
JOSEPH BERTRAND French mathematician, perpetual secretary of the mathematical sciences department of the Academie des Sciences. Date: 1822 - 1900

Science / Instruments 1827
A mathematical instrument maker with some of his instruments - astrolabe, telescope, armillary sphere etc. Date: 1827

George Bidder(1806-1878), engineer and mathematical prodigy

Sir William Thomson - British scientist
Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907), British mathematical physicist and engineer. Date: circa 1890s

Rudimentary balloon with a boat slung underneath
A rudimentary balloon with a boat slung underneath.There are four balloons (two at each end), a sail to propel it vehicle and a rudder to steer it. From: Collegium experimentale, sive, curiosum

The Right Reverend John Wilkins
Title page and frontispiece of The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins. The frontispiece is a portrait of Wilkins. Date: 1708

George Gabriel Stokes
Sir GEORGE GABRIEL STOKES Irish mathematical physicist at Cambridge Date: 1819 - 1903

Onorio Marinari
ONORIO MARINARI Italian painter and engraver from Firenze, mostly doing portraits of saints, but he also wrote and illustrated a mathematical treatise. Date: 1627 - 1715

George Parker Bidder, 1819 (pencil on paper)
XJF391581 George Parker Bidder, 1819 (pencil on paper) by Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Parker Bidder (1806-1878) English engineer and calculating prodigy;

Mathematician, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1628 - 1637

The Forthcoming Meeting of the British Association, 1883, the President-Elect And
THE FORTHCOMING MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, 1883, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND PRESIDENTS OF DEPARTMENTS: R.H. Inglis Palgrave, Esq. (Economic Science and Statistics), Lieut.-Col. H.H

Princess Trixie the Highly Educated Horse
Princess Trixie, a Grey 1/2 Arab mare, who was highly educated and travelled the world - here she is advertising (" Grand" ) National Cash Registers, by keeping her accounts in check

Cross-staffs used for surveying: in this case for measuring the width of a river by triangulation. From Sebastian Munster Rudimenta Mathematica, Basle, 1551. Woodcut

Gemma Phrysius or Frisius (1508-1555), Dutch mathematician, holding an adjustable ring dial for determining the altitude of the sun for calendar calculations

Finding the angular distance between two edges of a wood using a cross-staff. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Using a cross-staff to measure the height of a tower. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Measuring the altitude of the sun with ring dials. From Peter Apian Cosmographia, Antwerp, 1539

Planimeter used in conjunction with a set square for surveying. From Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfort-am-Main, 1605. Engraving

Albert EINSTEIN (1879-1955), German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, left, with Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin (1872-1946), French physicist, centre, Kammerling-Onnes and Pierre Weiss

Forms of astrolabe in use for surveying. Vignette from a multiplication table published in 1650. Engraving

Title page of Edmund Gunter (1581-1626) The Description and Use of the Sector, London, 1636 (1st edition 1626). This shows mariners holding various navigational instruments

A surveyors level. From Gaultherus Rivius Architechtur... Mathematischen Kunst, Nuremberg, 1547
A surveyors level. From Gaultherus Rivius Architechtur...Mathematischen Kunst, Nuremberg, 1547. Engraving

Using astrolabes to calculate the height of a steeple. From Peter Apian Cosmographia, Antwerp, 1539. Woodcut

Albert EINSTEIN (1879-1955), German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, in his study at Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, United States, 1940

Surveying: Top: measuring angles using a quadrant. Bottom: obtaining levels and altitudes using Hulsiuss planimeter. From Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfort-am-Main, 1605

Measuring the distance of an inaccessible object by triangulation using a hinged staff. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Title page of Samuel Sturmy Mariners Magazine, London, 1669. Sturmy (1633-69) was a sea captain and sailed to the West Indies and Virginia

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, c1900. Helmholtz (1821-1894), German physicist and physiologist, inventor of the ophthalmascope (1850)

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, 1907. Helmholtz (1821-1894), German physicist and physiologist, inventor of the ophthalmascope (1850)

Methods of surveying (right) and time keeping (left). On the left are various different kinds of sundials and a clock with a single arm

Method of using quadrant fitted with a plumb line and marked with shadow scales to measure the depth of well. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Map making and surveying using a magnetic compass. Bor is north and Aust is south. From Athanasius Kircher Magnes: sive de arte magnetica, 1643. Woodcut

Triangulation with a hinged staff. From Sebastian Munster Rudimenta Mathematica, Basle 1551. Woodcut

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation. From Sebastian Munster Rudimenta Mathematica, Basle 1551. Woodcut

Quadrant being used to obtain the altitude of a tower. From Sebastian Munster Rudimenta Mathematica, Basle, 1551. Woodcut

Obtaining the height of a building by the use of a cross-staff. From Sebastian Munster
Surveyors using quadrants fitted with plumb bobs and marked with shadow scales to measure the height of a tower. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmija..historia. Oppenheim, 1617-19. Engraving

Using a plane table and hinged staff to measure the height of a tower. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi... historia, Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

Frontispiece of A New System of Mathematicks, Jonas Moore, (London, 1681). This book, intended for the mathematical school at Christs Hospital

Mrs Sophia Bryant (born Willoch - 1850-1922) English mathematical scholar and teacher. In 1875 she joined the staff of the North London Collegiate School for Girls

Olinthus Gilbert Gregory (1774-1841) English mathematician and astronomer, born at Yaxley, Huntingdonshire, England. Mathematical master at the Woolwich Military College (1802-1841)

George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) British mathematical physicist born in County Sligo, Ireland. Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, England (1849-1903)

Mrs Sophia Bryant (born Willock - 1850-1922) English mathematical scholar and teacher. In 1875 she joined the staff of the North London Collegiate School for Girls

Ballistics. Gunners calculating the elevation of a piece of artillery using a clinometer and a quadrant marked with shadow scales. From Architechtur.. Mathematischen

Peter Apian ( Petrus Apianus 1495-1552) German mathematician and astronomer. Title page of his " Quadrans Apiani", 1532, showing his recently invented quadrant

Geometrical Constructions and Principles C017 / 3484
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing the analysis of various geometrical concepts and constructions. Figures and shapes included are the construction of cubic and biquadratic equations

Geometry equations, artwork C017 / 0793
Geometry equations. Computer artwork showing equations for determining the area and volume of a cylinder and its component shapes

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