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- Creator
- Lagny, Thomas Fantet de, 1660-1734
- Call number
- MssCol 1682
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Nouveaux elemens de geographie (par) M. de Lagny de l'Academie royale des sciences, pour mesdemoiselles de Pont-chartrain, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
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This instructive mansucript concerning geography and mathematics was created by Thomas Fantet de Lagny of the French Academy of Sciences for the daughters of the Comte de Pontchartrain, whose seal is on the cover. It is in French and believed to have been written in 1727. The binder's title is "Trait de la sphere," and the volume is illustrated with tables and diagrams. Sections include: "Elemens metaphysiques de la science des nombres" and "Methode nouvelle pour la division."
Key terms
Names
- Lagny, Thomas Fantet de, 1660-1734
- Pontchartrain, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de, 1643-1727 (former owner)
- Pontchartrain, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de, 1643-1727 (former owner)
- Académie des sciences (France)
Subjects
- Geography -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Mathematical geography -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Number theory -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 18th century
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328