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Correspondence and other material relating to the Taylor papers

TaylorB/E/E10
File
1907–1981

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Includes letters from Edward M. Langley, Ernest Taylor, and R.F. Scott.

Correspondence between Taylor and Abraham de Moivre

TaylorB/E/E7
File
1717–1719

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Five letters from de Moivre of 1717-18 with Taylor's lengthy reply of 1719.

Correspondence between Taylor and John Keill

TaylorB/E/E3
File
1712–1718

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Two letters dated 1712 from Taylor to Keill and four letters of 1717-18 from Keill to Taylor.

Loose papers bearing numerical computations

TaylorB/C/C2
Item
1710–1730 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Manuscript notes relating to annuities

TaylorB/C/C3
Item
1710–1730 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Manuscript papers relating to South Sea stock

TaylorB/C/C4
Item
1722 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Mathematical notes including propositions, theorems, problems, calculations, and diagrams

TaylorB/C/C1
File
1712–1713 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Latin and English. Some of the material is not in Taylor's hand. Includes notes on the extraction of roots, 'Of lines divided harmonically', 'Domini Keil ... solutio problematis Kepleriani' (1 Oct. 1712), and a note dated 10 March 1712/13 recording an experiment on vibrations in a string.

Miscellaneous manuscript notes

TaylorB/C/C6
File
1723 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

Includes a table of distances of French towns from Paris and Collioure; a bill for £14 6/- payable to Mr Hall, distiller (1723); a list of farms, tenants and rent; and 'Mannuall exercise of the Royal Regt of foote'.

Miscellaneous papers

TaylorB/C
Series
1710–1730 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

TaylorB/B
Series
1710–1730 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Brook Taylor

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