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Reference Number MS GRAVES/13
TitleSenfft's 'Arithmetic'
Date18th century
DescriptionManuscript volume, 18th century, containing Johannes Henricus Senfft's 'Compendium Arithmeticae'.
Extent1 volume containing 170 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 2937. Other pressmarks: 125.b.12; 55.b.21.
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.
Related MaterialUniversity College London Special Collections also holds Senfft's 'Geometry' (Ref: MS GRAVES 14).
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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