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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number MS GERM/3
TitleBest Arithmetic Book
Date1694
DescriptionManuscript volume, 1694: Rechenbuch. An arithmetic book containing problems, including calculations for finding the date of Judgement Day, the Golden Number, etc, together with astrological information. Some of the problems are set out in verse.
Extent1 volume containing 66 leaves
CustodialHistoryThe manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 1022. The volume also bears the Graves ex libris, and the catalogue numbers 149.c.26 and 256.
AcquisitionGraves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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