StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number MS GRAVES/6
TitleSines and Cosines
Date1792
DescriptionManuscript volume containing a Table of Sines and Cosines, to every minute of the quadrant, chiefly intended for land surveying, made in June 1792. With the title in black ink on the front cover.
Extent50 leaves + 11 blank
CustodialHistoryInside the front cover is inscribed the name Edward Dodwell, possibly a former owner of the manuscript. The 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 5524. Other pressmark: 123.a.1.
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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