Reference
PM2991
Title
Manuscript Arithmetic Book
Date free text
dated 1740-1741
Production date
From: 1740 To: 1741
Scope and Content
Pages 1-27 includes Arithmetic and Logarithms, Algebra and Geometry
Pages 28-44 Blank
Pages 45-76 Scheme of Shorthand
Pages 47-48 blank
Pages 49 Alphabet with vowels, attempting to show more rare combinations, ? for a further attempt at Shorthand
1741
Pages 50-76 Cut out
Pages 77-79 blank
Pages 100-102 notes on Julius Caesar's Invasions of Britain & a briefer one on Claudius's
Pages 102-109 blank
Pages 110 - Brief extracts on Bedfordshire history esp de Grey (from Collins Peerage) and Sandy & William Rectors (Walkers Sufferings of the Clergy)
Pages - 209 blank
Pages 210 Observations on Tindall & Rapin re Caesar's invasions
Pages 226-260 cut out
Pages 261-262 blank
Pages 263 2 triangles
Pages 264 blank
back page list of holders of records useful to the local historian
Flyleaf "William Pym March 18 1739"
Level of description
item