Job Shrev cyphering book
Collection — Box: small col. 50
Identifier: Col-1046
Content Description
Cyphering book kept by Job Shrev (also spelled Shreve), and dated 1805. The cyphering book covers mathematical topics such as simple interest, rebate or discount, barter, fellowship, loss and gains, exchange, vulgar fractions, and addition and subtraction of vulgar fractions. There are small drawings throughout, and at the bottom of page 108 is a draft of a short letter to an acquaintance noting a visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a lack of good skating.
Dates
- Creation: 1805
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Full Extent
1 Volumes ; 8 x 13 in.
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Author
- Finding aid written by Carley Altenburger.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Winterthur Library Repository