Isaac Hazlehurst's book

Name:

Hazlehurst, Isaac, -approximately 1857

Date:

1791

Description:

Student notes, examples, and exercises for algebra, trigonometry, and geometry.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Gift of Seymour Adelman, 1948.

Subject:

Algebra; Geometry; Plane trigonometry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Lecture notes; Manuscripts, American

Physical Description:

88 leaves : paper, illustrations; 205 x 165 mm bound to 209 x 175 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Student at the English School (1783-1784) and Latin School (1787-1791) of the Academy of Philadelphia; and student at the University of Pennsylvania, A.B. 1794.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Pagination: Paper, 88; 1-24, [i], 25-30, 40-65, 70-86, 89-164, 167, [xxiii], contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [1-88], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.; Layout: Text passages written in 18-20 lines per page, ruled in lead.; Decoration: Decorated table of contents (f. 1v) and section headings; numerous geometrical diagrams and drawings.; Binding: 18th-century quarter leather, with much of the leather on the covers now gone.; Origin: Written in Philadelphia in 1791 (note, f. 1r).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1035