Mathematics, compiled from the best authors and intended to be the text-book of the course of private lectures on these sciences in the University at Cambridge / Under the direction of Samuel Webber, A.M. A.A.S. Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. ; In two volumes.--Vol. I[-II]. ; Copy right secured.
| Other author | Webber, Samuel, 1759-1810, editor. |
| Other author | Harvard University. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed for the University at Cambridge, by Thomas & Andrews, 1801. |
| Description | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 1627. ^A575643 |
| Contents | [Vol. 1] Arithmetic -- Logarithms -- Algebra -- Geometry -- [v. 2] Plane trigonometry -- Mensuration of superficies -- Mensuration of solids -- Gauging -- Heights and distances -- Surveying -- Navigation -- Conic sections -- Dialing -- Spherical geometry -- Spherical trigonometry -- Spherical astronomy, or, Application of spherics to astronomy. |
| General note | "The authors of most of the branches are Dr. Hutton and Mr. Bonnycastle; the navigation is principally from that of Mr. Nicholson; and considerable use has been made of a manuscript, Mole's Algebra, and the Works of Emerson."--Advertisement, v. 1, p. [iii]. |
| General note | NUC pre-1956 and Shaw & Shoemaker entry 1627 both incorrectly assert that only vol. 1 was published. |
| General note | Vol. 1: viii, [1], 10-426 p.; v. 2: [5], 10-610, [2] p. |
| General note | Error in paging: v. 1, p. 317, 319 misnumbered 117, 119. |
| General note | "Errata."--v. 2, p. [609]-610. "Additional errata."--v.2, p. [611-612]. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 1627 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1627). |
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