Evidence: | "amused myself with looking over Cowley's Geometrical Plates - the different Problems of Euclid are drawn upon Pasteboard Paper & cut so that you may lift them up & see the solid forms &c &c I suppose a profound scholar might despise all this - but I think it a pretty work for Ladys or young beginners." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 10 Aug 1784 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Hamilton |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1756 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | unknown |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Lodge Cowley |
Title: | ?[An Appendix to the Elements of Euclid] |
Genre: | Textbook / self-education, Science, Mathematics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12615 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Mary Hamilton | |
Title: | Journal 3 August-17 August 1784 | |
Location: | John Rylands Library, University of Manchester | |
Call no: | Acc 2007/008 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | Mary Hamilton, Journal 3 August-17 August 1784 John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, p. Acc 2007/008, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12615, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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