Unusual Math Notebooks 1860 /61 Hovingham School Yorkshire Calligraphy Problems

Description: The Unusual 1860 & 1861 Math(s) Notebooks of William Nalton from Hovingham, North Yorkshire Unusual due to the superb penmanship and calligraphy and the relatively advanced mathematical concepts demonstrated in the lessons of this rural village educated student. Indeed, the Hovingham School was not held in a proper building until 1864, with construction completed in that year from funds provided by Lady Worsley. Robert Hickes is reported to have been the head teacher at the time of the school's opening. Perhaps he was giving lessons in the village prior to that time. If so, based on the quality of penmanship and the excellence of the mathematical lessons, he appears to have been a cut above the standard often found in mid 19th century English village schools. William Nalton was presumably a mid or early upper form school student in 1860 & 1861 at Hovingham in North Yorkshire. These notebooks contain in beautiful and occasionally hand colored calligraphy and penmanship the applied mathematics of his lessons. The notebooks together appear to cover the course of two teaching years. The 1860 notebook is noted as covering the time February 13, 1860 - Dec 21, 1860. It covers more basic formulas and concepts: compound addition and multiplication, subtraction, weights and measures, proportion etc. The 1861 notebook is dated January 16, 1861 and includes more complex applied maths & aspects of business and bookkeeping: Barter, Compound Interest, Discounts, Equations of Payments, etc. They are approximately 110 pages each and filled cover to cover. Qaurter leather backed spines and paper covered boards. The 1860 notebook uses repurposed waste leaves from a printed book as covering and subsequently marbled. The 1861 book retains Nalton's original paper cover with his name and the bookseller's label to the front cover The word problems and illustrations are wonderfully colorful and unique to the 19th Century. For example: "What sum did a gentleman receive for a dowery with a wife who's fortune was a cabinet with two divisions, in each division 87 drawers, and each drawer containing 21 guineas..." or "A nobleman, previous to quitting town, wished to discharge his tradesman's bills. On enquiry, he found that he owed 82 guineas for rent. To his winemerchant... " Of note, The Hovingham School is a listed historical building but was only recently removed from active use as a school. The penmanship and calligraphy skills demonstrated by young William Nalton are quite impressive

Price: 175 USD

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-12-13T04:19:00.000Z

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