Compendium Physicae Student Transcription, [Late 17th century or early 18th century]

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous and Charles Morton, 1627-1698

Abstract:

This manuscript is a student's condensed transcription of Charles Morton's Compendium Physicae. It lacks the mnemonic verses and diagrams found in Morton's work.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Melissa Zagorski, March 2014

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume is a 68 page student transcription of Charles Morton's Compendium Physicae. Previous catalogers tentatively identified the student as Nathaniel Chauncey (1681-1756).

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Morton (1627-1698) was a Puritan clergyman and educator, born at Pendavy in Cornwall, England, to Reverend Nicholas Morton, a rector, and Frances Kestell. He entered Queen's College, Cambridge, in 1646 at age 20. He earned his BA from Wadham College in 1649 and a MA in 1652. His Compendium Physicae (1680), written during his academy years in England, was copied by Harvard students for use as a science textbook from 1687 until about 1728. Charles Morton served as vice president of Harvard College and died in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Acquisition Information:

1984. M-2127 .

Arrangement:

This collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Bibliography

Cohen, I. Bernard. "Charles Morton's Compendium Physicae." Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts 33 (1940): 657-671.

Colonial Society of Massachusetts. "Charles Morton's Compendium Physicae." Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts Volume XXXIII. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1940.

Loetscher, Frederick William, ed. Papers of the American Society of Church History, Second Series, Vol. 6. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921.

McManus, Edgar J. "Charles Morton." American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press: 2000. doi: 01-00637.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Physics--Textbooks.
Science text-books.

Formats:

Textbooks.
Transcripts.

Names:

Harvard College (1636-1780)