Ciphering books
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American and Canadian Cyphering Book Collection, 1727-1864
Collection
Identifier: MSS 399
Abstract
This collection contains 197 items, most of which are cyphering books - handwritten books used to set out rules and cases associated with mathematical topics and which included problems and exercises linked to the topics. Students in the 18th and 19th centuries prepared them to use in their academic study.
Dates:
1727-1864
Found in:
Phillips Library
John T. Woodbury Papers, 1831-1899, 1914
Collection
Identifier: MSS 878
Abstract
The John T. Woodbury papers contain materials from Woodbury’s business dealings in the shoe mill industry and his own farm, as well as personal material. This collection has been divided into two series.
Dates:
1831-1899, 1914
Found in:
Phillips Library
Peirce-Nichols Family of Salem, Massachusetts, 1702-1967, undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 468
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of five generations of the Peirce and Nichols families of Salem, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1702-1967, undated
Found in:
Phillips Library