The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth . To which are added, the elements of plane and spherical trigonometry; and a treatise on the construction of the trigonometrical cannon. Also, a concice account of logorithms, by the Rev. A. Robertson . The eighteenth edition

Simson, Robert

Editore: printed for Wingrave and Collingwood [et al.], London, 1818

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8vo, pp. vii, [1], 528; 3 engraved folding plates, numerous figures and diagrams in the text; later gray buckram-backed marbled boards, paper label on spine; the bottom of the first half of the text block is dampstained and cracking, and the corners with small paper loss up to about page 170; all else good and sound. Simson was the foremost Scottish mathematician of the 18th century. His edition of Euclid, first published in 1756, was the basis of all subsequent printings until the beginning of the 20th century.

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• Titolo: The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth . To which are added, the elements of plane and spherical trigonometry; and a treatise on the construction of the trigonometrical cannon. Also, a concice account of logorithms, by the Rev. A. Robertson . The eighteenth edition
• Editore: printed for Wingrave and Collingwood [et al.], London
• Data di pubblicazione: 1818
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  • Mathematics