Traité elémentaire [et] synthètique des sections coniques

Name:

Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843; Raymond, George-Marie, 1769-1839

Date:

1809

Description:

Treatise on conical sections divided into 3 chapters (numbered first, second, and fourth) on ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas, based on the teaching of George-Marie Raymond, who was the chair of mathematics at the École normale de Chambéry.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Sold by F. Thomas Heller, Inc. (Swarthmore, Pa.), 1995.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 44.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs213.html

Subject:

Mathematics; Geometry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); diagrams; treatises; Manuscripts, French

Physical Description:

64 leaves : paper; 265-274 x 192-196 mm bound to 283 x 208 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; French mathematician, astronomer, and geographer who studied at the Jesuit college in Chambéry before becoming a professor of mathematics; later in life he emigrated to the United States and mapped the Upper Mississippi River basin.; Title from title page (f. 2r); caption title Traité elémentaire des sections coniques.; Table of contents: 1. f.3r-10v: [Introduction] -- 2. f.11r-35r: Chapitre premier: De l'ellipse. -- 3. f.35r-50r: Chapitre second: De l'hyperbole. -- 4. f.50v-57r: Chapitre quatrième [sic]: De la parabole.; Collation: Paper, 64 leaves; 1² 2-3²² 4²²(-2, including pastedown).; Layout: Written in 26 lines on the right half of each page, with diagrams, when present, drawn on the left half of the page; vertical dividing lines ruled in lead.; Script: Written in cursive script by J. N. Nicollet.; Decoration: Geometric diagrams, numbered as Figure 1 (f. 3v) - Figure 31 (f. 55r).; Binding: Contemporary (19th-century) paper board binding.; Origin: Written in Chambéry, in southeastern France, in 1809 (f. 2r).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 213

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)