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                <titleproper>Guide to the Math notebook<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1860/1900">circa 1860-1900</date>
                    
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                <author>Finding aid prepared by Veronica L. Denison.</author>
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                <publisher>Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>James P. Adams Library</addressline>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
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                <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2025" type="publication">2025 October</date>
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            <creation>This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2025" type="publication">2025</date></creation>
            <langusage><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>English</langusage>
            <descrules>Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)</descrules>
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            <unittitle type="primary">Math notebook</unittitle>
            <unittitle type="filing">Math notebook</unittitle>
            <unitid countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RPRC"  type="collection">MSS-0162</unitid>
            <repository><corpname>Special Collections, James P. Adams Library</corpname>
                <address>
                    <addressline>Rhode Island College</addressline>
                    <addressline>600 Mount Pleasant Ave</addressline>
                    <addressline>Providence, RI, 02908</addressline>
                    <addressline>Tel: 401-456-9653</addressline>
                    <addressline>email:digitalcollections@ric.edu</addressline>
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            <langmaterial><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language></langmaterial>
            <physdesc><extent>0.01 cubic feet</extent></physdesc>
            <unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1860/1900">circa 1860-1900</unitdate>
            
            <origination label="creator">
                <persname role="Creator (cre)">unknown</persname>
                
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            <abstract>Math notebook created by an unknown individual.</abstract>
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        <bioghist><head>Biographical/Historical Note</head>
            <p>Unavailable at this time.</p>
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
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            <head>Collection information</head>
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                <p>This collection contains a math notebook with explanations of mathematical equations and rules, as well as examples and answers for those equations. Equations in the book include rule of three direct, rule of three inverse, tare and trett, interest, discounts, equation of payments, bater, loss and gain, fellowship, evolution or extraction of roots, extraction of the square root, double rule of three, alligation, position, arithmetical progression, and geometrical progression.</p>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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            <userestrict><p>Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.</p></userestrict>
            <accessrestrict><p>The collection is open for research.</p></accessrestrict>
            <prefercite><p>Math notebook, MSS-0162, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.</p></prefercite>
            <arrangement>
                <p>The collection is arranged in original order.</p>

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            <head>Administrative information</head>
            <acqinfo><p>Provenance of this collection is unknown. It was in the holdings of Special Collections before 2019.</p></acqinfo>
            <processinfo><p>The collection was described by Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, in 2025.</p></processinfo>
            
            
            
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            <head>Additional information</head>
            
            
            
            
            
            <altformavail><p>The collection has not been digitized and is not available online.</p></altformavail>
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            <controlaccess>
                <head>Subjects</head>
                <subject source="lcsh">Arithmetic</subject>
                <subject source="lcsh">Mathematics</subject>
                <subject source="lcsh">Equations</subject>
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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                <head>Types of Materials</head>
                <genreform source="aat">Notebooks</genreform>
                
                
                
                
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