Mathematicall recreations. Or a collection of sundrie problemes, extracted out of the ancient and mo...
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 [electronic resource]
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Printed at London : By T. Cotes, for Richard Hawkins, dwelling in Chancery Lane, neere the Rowles, 1633.
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1633.
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English
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[44], 285, 285-286, [5] p.
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Printed at London : By T. Cotes, for Richard Hawkins, dwelling in Chancery Lane, neere the Rowles, 1633.
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England
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1633.
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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...
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Sometimes attributed to Jean Leurechon.
A translation of: Récréation mathématicque.
The translation is sometimes attributed to Francis Malthus or, wrongly, to William Oughtred.
With an additional title page, engraved, preceded by a letterpress explanation, and a final license leaf.
Identified as STC 15530 on UMI microfilm.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library....
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STC (2nd ed.) 10558.5.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/56.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 843:04)
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74VMeW7ab4yg
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991003065319702626
