The young mathematician's guide being a plain and easie introduction to the mathematicks. In five parts. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal, in all its useful Rules; With 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 rendred Easie; and Illustrated with Variety of Examples, and Numerical Questions. Also the whole Business of Interest and Annuities, &c. fully and plainly handled; with several New Improvements. III. The Elements of Geometry, Contracted, and Analytically Demonstrated: With a New and Easie Method of finding the Circles, Periphery and Area to any assign'd Exactness, by one Aequation only: Also a New Way of making Sines and Tangents. IV. Conick-Sections, wherein the Chief Properties, &c. of the Ellipsis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are clearly Demonstrated. V. The Arithmetick of Infinites Explained, and rendred Easie; with its Application to Superficial and Solid Geometry. With an appendix of practical gauging. By John Ward, Philomath. Heretofore Chief Surveyor and Gauger-General in the Excise

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London printed for A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon on London-Bridge, and are to be sold by Ja. Woodward in St. Christopher's Church-Yard, near the Royal-Exchange 1709, MDCCIX. [1709]
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:A reissue of the 1707 edition, with a cancel titlepage - Pp. 427-451 contain the appendix. - English Short Title Catalog, T132879. - Reproduction of original from British Library
Physical Description:Online-Ressource ([8],451,[1]p.,plate) ill.,port 8°