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449204
  • Title
    James Cook [attributed] - Arithmetical trigonometry, and, Arithmetical dialling, 1763
  • Creator
  • Call number
    Safe 1/81
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1763
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    449204
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 960, frames 1-90 (Safe 1/81)
  • Physical Description
    0.02 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
  • Scope and Content
    Original manuscript of a student's course in mathematics, bound into brown paper covers. A carefully written manuscript, with elaborate and beautifully drawn diagrams. The handwriting cannot be identified with Capt. James Cook, the circumnavigator, and there is no signature in the book. The connection with Capt. James Cook is questionable. The name 'James Cook' is written in Roman capitals on the page preceding the title page. This page also includes the date 10 November 1763.
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright status:: In copyright
    Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
  • General note

    Item 1921 in 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook' edited by M.K. Beddie, 2nd ed., 1970.
    Includes bookplate of Leicester Harmsworth.
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1027106
  • Subject
  • Exhibited in

    Possessed : an exhibition of treasures - State Library of New South Wales (4 March - 29 June, 1997)
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