Henry Hall White notebooks, n.d.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Henry Hall White notebooks, n.d.
- Creator
- White, Henry Hall, 1821-1904.
- Extent
- 3 volumes.
- Subjects
- White, Henry Hall, 1821-1904.
- Transylvania University--Faculty.
- Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.--18th century.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Education, Higher--Mathematics.
- College teachers--Kentucky--Lexington--Transylvania University.
- Universities and colleges--Faculty.
- Educators.
- Lexington (Ky.)
- Notebooks
- Arrangement
- No discernible arrangement.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Educator. Henry Hall White served as a professor of mathematics at several colleges before serving in administrative positions and teaching math at Transylvania University.
- Scope and Content
- This material consists of three mathematics notebooks (Nos. 4-6) written by Henry Hall White. These notebooks contain mathematical problems with solutions (written in prose) that employ detailed mathematical equations and diagrams. Exercises were obtained from a number of 19th century mathematics books which are cited at the beginning of each notebook.
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