Record Number: 12615

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"amused myself with looking over Cowley's Geometrical Plates - the different Problems of Euclid are drawn upon Pasteboard Paper & cut so that you may lift them up & see the solid forms &c &c I suppose a profound scholar might despise all this - but I think it a pretty work for Ladys or young beginners."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

10 Aug 1784

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Hamilton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1756

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Lodge Cowley

Title:

?[An Appendix to the Elements of Euclid]

Genre:

Textbook / self-education, Science, Mathematics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12615

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Mary Hamilton

Title:

Journal 3 August-17 August 1784

Location:

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester

Call No:

Acc 2007/008

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Mary Hamilton, Journal 3 August-17 August 1784, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Acc 2007/008, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12615, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None