Identity area
Reference code
JCAF/5/12
Title
Roger North's Mathematical Instruments
Date(s)
- c. 1700 (Creation)
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Item
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Name of creator
Biographical history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Box of mathematical instruments, formerly the property of Roger North and given to the College on his death in 1734. Also includes printed list of instruments in box, probably once used when instruments were included in an exhibition.
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Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Publication note
Jesus College 'Archives of the Month' https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/archive-month-mr-norths-instruments
‘Compass and Rule – Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England’ at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, 2009 http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/compassandrule/