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Wynnstay MS 32 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
Title
Archimedes.
Date(s)
- [17 cent.] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
72 ff. ; 230 x 168 mm.
Bound in vellum.
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Scope and content
Extracts, translated into English, of some of the writings attributed to Archimedes: (1) Of ye Equilibriums, or centers of gravity in plaines, with 15 propositions; (2) Of the quadrature of the parabola, with 24 propositions; (3) The 2d. booke of equiponderants, with ten propositions and lemmas; and (4) Two books containing 9 and 10 propositions and lemmas. This appears to be the work On Floating Bodies.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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- English
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English.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Preferred citation: Wynnstay MS 32.
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vtls005672837
Project identifier
ISYSARCHB68
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales