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Preferred Citation:

Thomas P. Watkins Notebook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased, August 2012.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in August 2012.

Scope and Contents

Mathematics notebook, circa 1820-1822, of Thomas P. Watkins, a student at the College of William and Mary. Includes Watkins' notes on plane trigonometry, likely taught by Ferdinand Stewart Campbell. Includes theorems, proofs, and corollaries, as well as drawings which illustrate each of them.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--History--19th century
• College of William and Mary--Students
• College of William and Mary. Dept. of Mathematics
• Mathematics--Study and Teaching
• Mathematics--Study and teaching--Virginia--History
• Notebooks