| Description | Manuscript volume, 18th century, containing "Method for finding the mensuration of surfaces, the dimension of solids, their centres of gravity, percussion and oscillation", with pencil diagrams, translated by George Campbell from Louis Carr's 'Methode pour la mesure des surfaces ...' (1700). |
| AdminHistory | Louis Carr: born, 1663; member of the Academie Royale des Sciences; author of 'Mthode pour la mesure des surfaces, la dimension des solides, leurs centres de pesanteur, de percussion et d'oscillation par l'application du calcul intgral' (J Boudot, Paris, 1700) and 'Expriences physiques sur la rfraction des balles de mousquet dans l'eau et sur la rsistance de ce fluide' (Mmoire de l'Acadmie royale des sciences, 1705; J Corrard, Paris, 1846); died, 1711. |
| CustodialHistory | The manuscript was sold at the sale of the Robert Venables Library and later 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 372. Other pressmarks: 8.h.11; 33.h.24. |