Mathematics Collection (page 5)

Hollerith tabulator which used a punched card memory system. First used in the US census of 1890
530833 Hollerith tabulator which used a punched card memory system. First used in the US census of 1890. Engraving, Paris, 1894; Universal History Archive/UIG

Sir Isaac Newton's House, Orange Street, Leicester Square, London (engraving)
8676573 Sir Isaac Newton's House, Orange Street, Leicester Square, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Isaac Newton's House)

Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving)
8676522 Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Euclid, ancient Greek mathematician (engraving)
8635147 Euclid, ancient Greek mathematician (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Euclid, ancient Greek mathematician. Illustration from Hellas)

Dedication page of the book "Newtoni Principia Philosophia" (Principle of Newtonian Philosophy)
AIS5351162 Dedication page of the book "Newtoni Principia Philosophia" (Principle of Newtonian Philosophy) by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph)
AIS5354024 First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph); (add.info)

Frontispiece of "Algebra" by Raphael Bombelli (1526-1572), 1579 (printed monograph)
AIS5353966 Frontispiece of "Algebra" by Raphael Bombelli (1526-1572), 1579 (printed monograph); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; © Iberfoto

Double page of the treatise of mathematics "Algebra" by Raphael (Rafael or Raffaelle) Bombelli (1526-1572)
AIS5353959 Double page of the treatise of mathematics "Algebra" by Raphael (Rafael or Raffaelle) Bombelli (1526-1572), 1579 (printed monograph); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Mrs. Bryan and her Children, 1797 (engraving)
7340002 Mrs. Bryan and her Children, 1797 (engraving) by Shelley, Samuel (1750-1808); 29x13 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

One of Evangelista Torricelli's experiments on barometric pressure
5312008 One of Evangelista Torricelli's experiments on barometric pressure; (add.info.: Engraving depicting one of Evangelista Torricelli's experiments on barometric pressure)

An engraving depicting Charles Babbage's difference engine. Charles Babbage (1791-1871) an English polymath
5311323 An engraving depicting Charles Babbage's difference engine. Charles Babbage (1791-1871) an English polymath, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1866); Universal History Archive/UIG

Henry Coley
5308242 Henry Coley.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Henry Coley (1633-1704) an astrologer and mathematician, and amanuensis of William Lilly. Dated 19th century

A merchant and his clerk using a calculating table
5307700 A merchant and his clerk using a calculating table.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a merchant and his clerk using a calculating table marked out in the form of an abacus)

Halley's Comet
5307506 Halley's Comet.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Halley's Comet passing over Jerusalem in 66 AD. Discovered by Edmond Halley (1656-1742) an English astronomer, geophysicist

A type of magic square used to demonstrate the power of the mystical number 7
5311352 A type of magic square used to demonstrate the power of the mystical number 7. There are seven numbers per side and each side totals 175 which 7 x 25, and 2+5 = 7

Archimedes in his bath
5310220 Archimedes in his bath; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting Archimedes in his bath. Archimedes a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer)

Engraving depicting a child learning to count using a wire circle closed with wooden handles
5309162 Engraving depicting a child learning to count using a wire circle closed with wooden handles and an array of beads of six colours arranged in batches of three; (add.info)

Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician, philosopher and encyclopedist
JAB5037373 Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician, philosopher and encyclopedist. engraving from 1878; (add.info)

Portrait of Simon Stevin (1548-1620) Belgian Mathematician
XEE5031855 Portrait of Simon Stevin (1548-1620) Belgian Mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Simon Stevin (1548-1620) Belgian Mathematician); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867), French general and mathematician
XEE5031825 Portrait of Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867), French general and mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867)

Portrait of JOHN WALLIS (1616-1703), English mathematician
XEE5032100 Portrait of JOHN WALLIS (1616-1703), English mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of JOHN WALLIS (1616-1703), English mathematician); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus (1651-1708), German mathematician
XEE5031997 Portrait of Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus (1651-1708), German mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus (1651-1708)

Portrait of Francesco (Francisco) Maurolico (1494-1575) Italian mathematician
XEE5030665 Portrait of Francesco (Francisco) Maurolico (1494-1575) Italian mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Francesco (Francisco) Maurolico (1494-1575) Italian mathematician); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Gaspard Monge, Count of Peluse (1746 - 1818), French mathematician
XEE5030586 Portrait of Gaspard Monge, Count of Peluse (1746 - 1818), French mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Gaspard Monge, Count of Peluse (1746 - 1818)

Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer, mathematician and physician francais
XEE5029120 Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer, mathematician and physician francais; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558), astronomer

Portrait of Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855) English mathematician
XEE5029094 Portrait of Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855) English mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855) English mathematician); Stefano Bianchetti

Frontispice de" Geometria indivisibilibus continuorum nova quadam ratione promota" of 1635 by CAVALIERI
XEE5028439 Frontispice de" Geometria indivisibilibus continuorum nova quadam ratione promota" of 1635 by CAVALIERI (Bonaventura Francesco) (1598-1647), Jesuite and Italian mathematician

Portrait of the German scientist Karl (Carl) Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). 19th century lithography
NWI4949542 Portrait of the German scientist Karl (Carl) Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Portrait of the German scientist Karl (Carl) Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)

Sciences: Isaac Newton writes the brachystochrone solution, or curve of the fastest descent. College simile
NWI4948092 Sciences: Isaac Newton writes the brachystochrone solution, or curve of the fastest descent. College simile.; (add.info.: Sciences: Isaac Newton writes the brachystochrone solution)

Sciences: Mechanical calculator by Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), known as the "Pascaline" for addtions
NWI4948707 Sciences: Mechanical calculator by Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), known as the "Pascaline" for addtions and subtractions, 17th century

Instrument of mathematical precision to draw objects in perspective" "Institutionum geometricarum libri
ELD4951440 Instrument of mathematical precision to draw objects in perspective" "Institutionum geometricarum libri quatuor" by Albert Durer (1535)

Refraction of rays inside the human eye, from Dioptrique by Descartes, 1637 (engraving)
CUL4935125 Refraction of rays inside the human eye, from Dioptrique by Descartes, 1637 (engraving); (add.info.: DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)

A hinged staff for surveying (engraving)
5616452 A hinged staff for surveying (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting a hinged staff for surveying. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pages from The First Six Books of the elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne published in 1847
5668984 Pages from The First Six Books of the elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne published in 1847; (add.info.: Photograph of page from original 1847 first edition)

Commonplace workbook kept by William Spink, RN, including mathematical calculations and methods for calculating at sea
7342539 Commonplace workbook kept by William Spink, RN, including mathematical calculations and methods for calculating at sea, 1697-1705 (paper, ink) by Spink

Middle Ages: Student monks: a mathematician studies a globe and another writing a manuscript (copist monk)
NWI4892138 Middle Ages: Student monks: a mathematician studies a globe and another writing a manuscript (copist monk), 13th century

Rhombus, illustration from : " Die Welt in Bildern " (images of the world), published by Dr. Chr. G
UTD4921513 Rhombus, illustration from : " Die Welt in Bildern " (images of the world), published by Dr. Chr. G. Hottinger in self-publishing, Berlin - Strasbourg, 1881; (add.info.: Rhombus)

Protractor with scale, illustration from : " Die Welt in Bildern " (images of the world), published by Dr
UTD4921316 Protractor with scale, illustration from : " Die Welt in Bildern " (images of the world), published by Dr. Chr. G

Letters C and D: Duck Coq Dog Cat Duc. Engraving in " A.E.I.O.U. The first book of childhood"
DUV4209571 Letters C and D: Duck Coq Dog Cat Duc. Engraving in " A.E.I.O.U. The first book of childhood". Editions Jules Tallandier, Paris, 1927

Jacques Charles with the help of the Robert Brothers filling his balloon with hydrogen
3732570 Jacques Charles with the help of the Robert Brothers filling his balloon with hydrogen; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jacques Charles)

Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732569 Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

Epitome in Ptolemaei Almagestum
3732399 Epitome in Ptolemaei Almagestum; (add.info.: Frontispiece of Epitome in Ptolemaei Almagestum by Regiomontanus (1436-1476) a mathematician and astronomer, showing using an astrolabe

Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732566 Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

Pythagoras, 19th century (engraving)
3733537 Pythagoras, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting Pythagoras, an Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism movement)

Lissajous figure generated by two frequencies one of which is 12 times the other, 1857
3480058 Lissajous figure generated by two frequencies one of which is 12 times the other, 1857; (add.info.: Lissajous figure generated by two frequencies one of which is 12 times the other)

Juan de Herrera, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473282 Juan de Herrera, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: Juan de Herrera, 1530 - 1597. Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician)

Mistrust (litho)
8663017 Mistrust (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mistrust. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch, 1903).); © Look and Learn

Abacus
AIS5380036 Abacus; © Iberfoto

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