One handwritten notebook with mathematical equations determining the relative positioning of the sun, moon, and earth, during lunar and solar eclipses. Includes information on lunar eclipses that occurred February 1841; November 1, 1844; March 8, 1849 and solar eclipses on: March 1858, May 1854 and July 18, 1860. Also includes other mathematical problems related to astronomy.
Stowell, Thomas Pollard
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February 1841-July 18, 1860
Part of Thomas P. Stowell mathematical notebooks.
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ca. 1841
Part of Thomas P. Stowell mathematical notebooks.
Notebook containing handwritten mathematical problems, solutions, and diagrams. Also inset are mathematical problems and solutions clipped from a newspaper and a report card from Alexandria Boarding School in Alexandria, Virginia.
Stowell, Thomas Pollard
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ca. 1840
Part of Thomas P. Stowell mathematical notebooks.
One handwritten notebook with select passages and mathematical diagrams from Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. A note in the text indicates that this was likely copied from an 1826 edition of the work.
Stowell, Thomas Pollard
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ca. 1826-July 18, 1860
Three notebooks kept by Thomas P. Stowell with mathematical problems, solutions, and notes.
Stowell, Thomas Pollard