1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386357003316

Autore

Wallis John <1616-1703.>

Titolo

A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical [[electronic resource] ] : shewing the original, progress, and advancement thereof, from time to time, and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which it now is : with some additional treatises ... / / by John Wallis .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by John Playford, for Richard Davis ..., 1685

Descrizione fisica

[20], 374, [4] , 17, [3], 68, 76 [i.e. 176] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

WallisJohn <1616-1703.>

Soggetti

Algebra

Geometry

Mathematics

Trigonometry

Conic sections

Wedges

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Cono-cuneus, or, The shipwright's circular wedge, that is, a body resembling a conus, in part a cuneus, geometrically considered : in a letter to the Honourable Sir Robert Moray, Knight" (17 p., [7] leaves of plates) has separate t.p. dated 1684 and separate paging.

"A treatise of angular sections" (68 p., [2] leaves of plates) has separate t.p. dated 1684.

"A defense of the treatise of the angle of contact" (p. [69]-105) has special t.p. dated 1684.

"A discourse of combinations, alternations, and aliquot parts" (p. [107]-76 [i.e. 176]) has separate t.p. dated 1685.

"A treatise of the angular sections" is also identified as Wing W614 and appears separately on reel 402:29.

"Cono-cuneus, or, The shipwright's circular wedge" is also identified as Wing W565 and appears separately at reel 1079:8.

Reproduction of original in British Library and Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0216