Mathematicall recreations. Or a collection of sundrie problemes, extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers, as secrets in nature, and experiments in arithmeticke, geometrie, cosmographie, horolographie, astronomie, navigation, musicke, opticks, architecture, staticke, machanicks, chimestrie, waterworkes, fireworks, &c. ... Most of which were written first in Greeke and Latine, lately compiled in French, by Henry Van Etten Gent. And now delivered in the English tongue, with the examinations, corrections, and augmentations
| Author/creator | Etten, Hendrik van |
| Other author | Leurechon, Jean, 1591-1670, attributed name. |
| Other author | Malthus, Francis, attributed name. |
| Other author | Oughtred, William, 1575-1660, attributed name. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Printed at London : By T. Cotes, for Richard Hawkins, dwelling in Chancery Lane, neere the Rowles, 1633. |
| Description | [44], 285, 285-286, [5] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248519250 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Récréation mathématicque. English |
| Variant title | Récréation mathématicque. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Sometimes attributed to Jean Leurechon. |
| General note | A translation of: Récréation mathématicque. |
| General note | The translation is sometimes attributed to Francis Malthus or, wrongly, to William Oughtred. |
| General note | With an additional title page, engraved, preceded by a letterpress explanation, and a final license leaf. |
| General note | Identified as STC 15530 on UMI microfilm. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 10558.5. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 843:04) |
| Stock number | CL0036000023 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |