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RefNoEL/A/35
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TitleLetter, from St George Ashe to William Musgrave, dated at Trinity College Dublin
Date18 March 1686
DescriptionIn this letter addressed to Musgrave, Fellow of New College Oxford, Ashe states that he is sending the 2nd and 5th books of Euclid and the whole doctrine of proportion which is now more succinct. He is also having a transcription made of Mr King's discourse about engines which can raise water, and this he will send in due course. Further details are given about the mathematical ability of a young girl. Mathematical formulae are attached.

Subject: Mathematics
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originTrinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland
Origin coordinates53.33306, -6.24889
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/860d5531-8277-49e9-9af9-8ee7eb42b3ae
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5799Ashe; St George (1658 - 1718); Bishop of Derry and scholar1658 - 1718
NA7941Musgrave; William (1655 - 1721); physician and antiquary1655 - 1721
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