Mathematic Collection

The Knotty Problem of Capitol Hill Finding a Way to Raise Taxes Without Losing a Single Vote. American cartoon by Dr
CARTOON: WORLD WAR II. The Knotty Problem of Capitol Hill Finding a Way to Raise Taxes Without Losing a Single Vote. American cartoon by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) for PM, 22 July 1942

The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus (Golenishchev Mathematical Papyrus) Detail: 14th problem, ca 1840BC
The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus (Golenishchev Mathematical Papyrus) Detail: 14th problem, ca 1840 BC. Found in the Collection of State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes in his tub, discovering the relationship between weight
ARCHIMEDES (c287-212 B.C.). Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes in his tub, discovering the relationship between weight and displacement of water. Woodcut, German, 16th century

The figure of the Pythagorean Theorem without proof from the Chou-Pei Suan-king, a Chinese mathematical work, c1105 B
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM. The figure of the Pythagorean Theorem without proof from the Chou-Pei Suan-king, a Chinese mathematical work, c1105 B.C

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29, with a fragment of Euclids Elements, Between 75 and 125 AD. Found in the Collection of Penn Museum

EUCLID: ELEMENTS. A page from Euclids Elements, translated by English scholar Adelard of Bath from Arabic into Latin, 12th century

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher, mathematician and polymath (engraving)
8626172 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher, mathematician and polymath (engraving) by Ficquet, Etienne (1719-1794); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)

Archimedes, ancient Greek scientist, mathematician and inventor (engraving)
8635148 Archimedes, ancient Greek scientist, mathematician and inventor (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archimedes (c287-c212 BC)

Calculating machine by Mr Thomas de Colmar, Paris (engraving)
8634944 Calculating machine by Mr Thomas de Colmar, Paris (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Calculating machine by Mr Thomas de Colmar, Paris)

Weighing the earth in a pair of scales on a high tower (litho)
8673173 Weighing the earth in a pair of scales on a high tower (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How the weight of the earth is measured)

The Manor House, Woolsthorpe, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton (engraving)
8676572 The Manor House, Woolsthorpe, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Manor House, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire)

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, by William Theed (engraving)
8676528 Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, by William Theed (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, by William Theed)

Frontispiece of "De Arithmetica" by Latin philosopher and politician Boece or Anicius Manlius Severinus
AIS5352556 Frontispiece of "De Arithmetica" by Latin philosopher and politician Boece or Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (Boetius) (480-524)

Sir Isaac Newton's House, Orange Street, Leicester Square, London (engraving)
8676573 Sir Isaac Newton's House, Orange Street, Leicester Square, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Isaac Newton's House)

Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving)
8676522 Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Euclid, ancient Greek mathematician (engraving)
8635147 Euclid, ancient Greek mathematician (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Euclid, ancient Greek mathematician. Illustration from Hellas)

Mistrust (litho)
8663017 Mistrust (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mistrust. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch, 1903).); © Look and Learn.

An example of Mirth by Maybank (litho)
8634529 An example of Mirth by Maybank (litho) by Webb, Hector Thomas Maybank (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Mirth by Maybank (Ward Lock, 1937).); © Look and Learn.

The Frontispiece of Regiomontanus' 'Epitome in Ptolemaei'. Regiomontanus (1463-1476)
5311532 The Frontispiece of Regiomontanus' 'Epitome in Ptolemaei'. Regiomontanus (1463-1476) a mathematician and astronomer of the German Renaissance

Science. The french mathematician Henri Poincare. Photo, France, c.1900
2638757 Science. The french mathematician Henri Poincare. Photo, France, c.1900.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Photo, France, vers 1900. Coll. Part); Photo © CCI.

Mr W F Stanley, Optician, Patentee and Practical Manufacturer of Mathematical, Drawing, and Surveying Instruments, 4
8648215 Mr W F Stanley, Optician, Patentee and Practical Manufacturer of Mathematical, Drawing, and Surveying Instruments, 4, 5, and 10 Great Turnstile, Holborn, WC (engraving) by English School

Baldassare Boncompagni, Italian historian and Governor-General of Central Italy (engraving)
8677045 Baldassare Boncompagni, Italian historian and Governor-General of Central Italy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Augustin Hirschvogel, German artist, mathematician and cartographer (engraving)
8663702 Augustin Hirschvogel, German artist, mathematician and cartographer (engraving) by Hirschvogel, Augustin (1503-53); Private Collection; (add.info.: Augustin Hirschvogel (1503-1553)

Wooden box containing brassed mathematics instruments, Late 16th-early 17th century (brass)
DEX5040799 Wooden box containing brassed mathematics instruments, Late 16th-early 17th century (brass); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Portrait of Luca Pacioli (1445-1517) with a student, 1495. Creator: Jacopo de Barbari (c. 1460/70-before 1516)
Portrait of Luca Pacioli (1445-1517) with a student, 1495. Found in the Collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Formulae, Oxford, 1878 (print)
480622 Formulae, Oxford, 1878 (print) by Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll) (1832-98); 21.8x14 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; British, out of copyright

The Cambridge Mathematical Tripos (engraving)
1059454 The Cambridge Mathematical Tripos (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cambridge Mathematical Tripos)

Arithmetic, Oxford University Press, c. 1870 (print)
480621 Arithmetic, Oxford University Press, c.1870 (print) by Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll) (1832-98); 22.7x14.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; British, out of copyright

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spiral staircase revealing the mathematic spiral of fibonacci. Thomas LENNE

Portrait of the mathematican Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), 1850. Creator: Holl, Benjamin (1808-1884)
Portrait of the mathematican Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), 1850. Private Collection

Empress Catherine II visiting the scholar Mikhail Lomonosov, 1884. Artist: Fyodorov
Empress Catherine II visiting the scholar Mikhail Lomonosov, 1884. Private Collection

Illustration to the first edition of Experimenta Nova von Otto von Guericke, 1672. Private Collection

Portrait of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765). Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Margarita Philosophica. Geometry, 1504. Artist: Reisch, Gregor (1467-1525)
Margarita Philosophica. Geometry, 1504. Private Collection

Scientist with an electrical instrument, 1780s. Artist: Anonymous
Scientist with an electrical instrument, 1780s. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Portrait of Mikhail V. Lomonosov (1711-1765), Second Half of the 18th century. Artist: Anonymous
Portrait of Mikhail V. Lomonosov (1711-1765), Second Half of the 18th century. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Portrait of the scholar Mikhail V. Lomonosov (1711-1765), Early 19th cen Artist: Anonymous
Portrait of the scholar Mikhail V. Lomonosov (1711-1765), Early 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation, Moscow

An inventor of mathematical instruments. Artist: Paolini, Pietro (1603-1682)
An inventor of mathematical instruments. From a private collection

MULTIPLICATION TABLE, 1859. Multiplication table printed in the 1859 Uncle Sams Almanac, published and printed by Sower and Barnes in Philadelphia

CENSUS TABULATOR. American workers counting census data, early 20th century

UNEMPLOYMENT CENSUS, 1937. Workers in a warehouse in Washington, D.C. counting questionnaires from the Unemployment Census of 1937. Photograph 24 November 1937

U. S. CENSUS, c1920. Women clerks in the Vital Statistics department of the U
U.S. CENSUS, c1920. Women clerks in the Vital Statistics department of the U.S. Bureau of the Census at Washington, D.C. c1920

LEIBNIZ TITLE-PAGE. Title-page of Acta Eruditorium Anno, 1684, Leipzig, 1684
LEIBNIZ TITLE-PAGE. Title-page of " Acta Eruditorium Anno, 1684, " Leipzig, 1684, in which appeared Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnizs paper on his discovery of the differential calculus

POMPEII: BONE COUNTERS. Carved bone counters employed by the Romans in calculation, found at Pompeii, Italy. The positions of the hands indicate numbers

MATHEMATICS: ALLEGORY. The Spirit of Arithmetic oversees a contest between an algorist and an abacist. Illustration from the second edition of Gregorius Reischs encyclopedia Margarita Phylosophica

DECIMAL FRACTIONS. The first appearance of decimal fractions in the unique 10th century manuscript of Abu l-Hasan al-Uqlidisis Kitab al-Fusul

EUCLID: LATIN MANUSCRIPT. Titlepage of Euclids Opus Elementorum... In Artem Geometriae, Venice, 1482, the first book with printing in gold

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Mathematics has a rich and fascinating history that spans across centuries and cultures. From ancient Egyptian papyri to German woodcuts, from Greek mathematicians to English scholars, the world of mathematics is filled with captivating stories. In 1840 BC, the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus presented its 14th problem, showcasing the mathematical prowess of ancient civilizations. Centuries later, Euclid's Elements emerged in a fragment found in Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29 between 75 and 125 AD. This monumental work laid the foundation for geometry as we know it today. The Chou-Pei Suan-king, a Chinese mathematical masterpiece from around 1105 BC, introduced us to the Pythagorean Theorem without proof—a concept that continues to shape our understanding of triangles and their relationships. Fast forward to more recent times; Oxford University Press published "Formulae" in 1878—an invaluable resource for students delving into complex equations. Meanwhile, at Cambridge University, engraving captured the essence of intellectual pursuit through The Cambridge Mathematical Tripos. But mathematics isn't just about historical texts or academic pursuits—it also finds its way into popular culture. Dr. Seuss himself depicted Capitol Hill grappling with taxing dilemmas while trying not to lose any votes—a knotty problem indeed. And let's not forget about Leonhard Euler—the portrait of this brilliant mathematician reminds us of his significant contributions during the Enlightenment era. His groundbreaking discoveries continue to influence various fields even today. From ancient Egypt to modern-day America, mathematics remains an integral part of human civilization—unlocking secrets hidden within numbers and patterns that govern our world. Whether you're fascinated by geometric proofs or intrigued by algebraic equations, there is always something new and exciting waiting for you in the realm of mathematics.