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Euclid's elements [electronic resource] : of geometry, from the Latin translation of Commandine. To...

Euclid's elements [electronic resource] : of geometry, from the Latin translation of Commandine. To...

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Euclid's elements [electronic resource] : of geometry, from the Latin translation of Commandine. To which is added, a treatise of the nature of arithmetic of logarithms; likewise another of the elements of plain and spherical trigonometry; with a preface, shewing the usefulness and excellency of this work. By Doctor John Keil, F.R.S. and late Professor of Astronomy in Oxford. The whole revised; where deficient, supplied; where lost or corrupted, restored. Also many faults committed by Dr. Harris, Mr. Caswel, Mr. Heynes, and other trigonometrical writers, are shewn; and in those cases where they are mistaken, here are given solutions geometrically true. An ample account of which may be seen in the preface, by Samuel Cunn. The third edition, carefully revised and corrected, by John Ham, teacher of mathematics in Great Kirby Street, Hatton-Garden. By whom is subjoined an appendix, containing the investigation of those series's omitted by the author. And the difference between Dr. Keil and Mr. Cunn impartially examined and adjusted. .

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Euclid's elements [electronic resource] : of geometry, from the Latin translation of Commandine. To which is added, a treatise of the nature of arithmetic of logarithms; likewise another of the elements of plain and spherical trigonometry; with a preface, shewing the usefulness and excellency of this work. By Doctor John Keil, F.R.S. and late Professor of Astronomy in Oxford. The whole revised; where deficient, supplied; where lost or corrupted, restored. Also many faults committed by Dr. Harris, Mr. Caswel, Mr. Heynes, and other trigonometrical writers, are shewn; and in those cases where they are mistaken, here are given solutions geometrically true. An ample account of which may be seen in the preface, by Samuel Cunn. The third edition, carefully revised and corrected, by John Ham, teacher of mathematics in Great Kirby Street, Hatton-Garden. By whom is subjoined an appendix, containing the investigation of those series's omitted by the author. And the difference between Dr. Keil and Mr. Cunn impartially examined and adjusted. .

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London : printed for Tho. Woodward at the Half-Moon, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street, MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

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Elements. English. Selections.

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MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

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74VvBJGWjPBA

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991016389909702626

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English

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[14], 354, 353-355, 355-356, 356-393, [5] p., [17] leaves of plates ; 8°.

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London : printed for Tho. Woodward at the Half-Moon, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street, MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

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England

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MDCCXXXIII. [1733]

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Euclid's elements [electronic resource] : of geometry, from the Latin translation of Commandine. To which is added, a treatise of the nature of arithmetic of logarithms; likewise another of the elements of plain and spherical trigonometry; with a preface, shewing the usefulness and excellency of this work. By Doctor John Keil, F.R.S. and late Profe...

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Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Signatures: A-2C⁸.

Text and register continuous, despite pagination.

With two final advertisement leaves.

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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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991016389909702626