The young mathematician's guide Being a plain and easie introduction to the mathematicks. In five parts. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar, and Decimal, with all the Useful Rules; And a general Method of Extracting the Roots of all Single Powers. II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species; wherein the Method of Raising and Resolving Aequations is rendered easie; and Illustrated with Variety of Examples, and Numerical Questions. Also the whole Business of Interest and Annuities, &c. perform'd by the Pen, and a small Table, with several new Improvements. III. The Elements of Geometry, Contracted, and Analytically Demonstrated; With a New and Easie Method of finding the Circle's Periphery and Area to any assigned Exactness, by one Aequation only; Also a New Way of making Sines and Tangents. IV. Comick-Sections, wherein the Chief Properties, &c. of the Ellipsis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are Clearly Demonstrated. V. The Arithmetick of Infinites Explain'd, and render'd Easie; with its Application to Superficial, and Solid Geometry. With an appendix of practical gauging. The third edition corrected. By John Ward, Philomath. Heretofore Chief Surveyor and Gauger-General in the Excise; now Professor of the Mathematicks in the City of Chester
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printed for Tho. Horne at the South-Entrance of the Royal-Exchange, A. Bettesworth at the Red Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row, and F. Fayram at the Bible in Scalding-Ally against Stocks-Market
1719, 1719
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T121680. - Pp.427-451 contain 'An appendix of practical gauging.'. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - With three final pages of advertisements |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([8],451,[5]p.,plate) ill.,port 8° |