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Nicola Fergola Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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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.
No acquisition information available.
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
1 volume