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Nicola Fergola Papers

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Call Number:
C0091
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 volume
  • 0.1 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nicola Fergola Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1769-1824 (inclusive)
Creator:
Fergola, Nicola, 1757-1824
Form:
Correspondence.
Abstract:
Consists of approximately 90 items relating to the Neopolitan mathematics professor Nicola Fergola.

Fergola, Nicola, 1757-1824

Nicola Fergola was a professor of mathematics at the Regia Università degli studi, Naples, and the author of books on geometry and on Isaac Newton's mathematical priciples.

The collection consists of approximately 90 items relating to Fergola. Included are correspondence (1781-1824), documents (1769-1824), notes on geometry and mathematics (n.d.), a manuscript concerning meteors observed after earthquakes from 460 B.C. to A.D. 1759 (n.d.), and an itemized appraisal of Fergola's library compiled by Gennaro Terrei around 1820.

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Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

1. Nicola Fergola Papers, 1769-1824. 1 volume.
Physical Description

1 volume

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