Mathematical recreations, or, A collection of many problems extracted out of the ancient and modern philosophers as secrets and experiments [[electronic resource] ] : in arithmetick, geometry, cosmography, horologiography, astronomy, navigation, musick, opticks, architecture, statick, mechanicks, chymistry, water-works, fire-works & c. : not vulgarly manifest till now / / written first in Greek and Latin ; lately compil'd in French by Henry Van Etten and now in English ; with the examinations and augmentations of divers modern mathematicians ; whereunto is added The description and use of the double horizontal dyal and the general horological ring / invented and written by William Oughtred

• Pubblicazione: London, : Printed for William Leake and John Leake ..., 1674
• Descrizione fisica: [34], 282, 19 p. : ill
• Soggetto topico: Science; Mathematics
• Note generali: Translation of Leurechon's Recreation mathematique.; Henry Van Etten is pseud. of Jean Leurechon.; Added engraved t.p., poem on the frontispiece (added t.p. and book) precede primary t.p.; "The description and use of the double horizontal dyal" has separate t.p. and pagination.; This item can be found at reels 1023:13 and 1465:30.; Wing number O585 at reel position 1023:13 cancelled in Wing (2nd ed.).; Reproduction of originals in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library and Huntington Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0167
• Titolo autorizzato: Mathematical recreations, or, A collection of many problems extracted out of the ancient and modern philosophers as secrets and experiments
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996384698503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno