Chaldean numerology device
Date
Late 17th century
Creator
Robert Bacon (British) , Amanuensis
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p97r
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 150mm
width (Page): 99mm
width (Page): 99mm
Subject
Description
Two sets of numbers grouped into rough diamond patterns, with a ‘stepped’ set of lines running through each. From the papers of Robert Boyle.
Transcription
Headed: ‘Figura scalaris’.
Text below reads: ‘Confecta figura scalar cum suis pyramidibus figuram triangularem componamus, quaeiisdem plane numeris clavis quaesiti confictur, eo scilicet in lineam latam disponendo…’
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Text below reads: ‘Confecta figura scalar cum suis pyramidibus figuram triangularem componamus, quaeiisdem plane numeris clavis quaesiti confictur, eo scilicet in lineam latam disponendo…’
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Within a manuscript headed: ‘Philosophia Chaldaica’.
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place