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171495840A la Haye The Hague: Chez T. Johnson 1714. 1714. - Octavo 6-1/8 inches high by 4 inches wide. Bound in vintage tan calf. The front cover is detached. The covers are heavily rubbed scuffed and stained with wear to the edges and corners and the spine has perished and is thus mostly lacking. iv 456 & 12 pages illustrated with 2 folding plates including a large plate for an article on the Apotheosis of Homer depicting a marble relief by Archelaus of Priene. There is some occasional light minor soiling and staining throughout. The top edge of the last of the index is creased and there is a short tear to the inner edge at the fold of the large folding plate. The frontispiece is lacking else the book collates as complete. <p>First edition.<p>The "Journal Literaire" was published by Thomas Johnson an Englishman who was living in The Hague. It was edited by Prosper Marchand 1678-1756. among others.<p>Of note is the inclusion of the first publication of Bernard Nieuwentyt's "Nouvel Usage des Tables des Sinus: ou moyen de s'en servir sans qu'il soit necessaire de multiplier ou de diviser" illustrated with a folding plate illustrating the trigonometric aspects of sine & cosine functions. The article is signed "B.N."<p>The Dutch philosopher mathematician and physician Bernard Nieuwentyt 1654-1718 was also a theologian and a magistrate who held office as mayor of Purmerend. A follower of Descartes he opposed Spinoza and was involved in controversy with Liebniz regarding the foundations of infinitesimal calculus.<p>Also noteworthy is the inclusion of John Keill's article "Demonstration de deux Theoremes qui peuvent servir a lever un grand nombre de difficultez dans la Phisique".<p>Here identified as a professor of astronomy the Scottish mathematician natural philosopher and cryptographer John Keill 1671-1721 was a significant defender of Isaac Newton. Appointed a lecturer of experimental philosophy at Hart Hall Keill lectured on Newton's laws of motion the principles of hydrostatics and optics and on light and colors. As an astronomer he published an "Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth" taking to task Burnet Descartes Spinoza Hobbes and Malebranche. Taking on the role of Newton's chief defender he later became embroiled in the controversy regarding Leibniz's alleged plagiarisation of Newton's calculus. A la Haye [The Hague]: Chez T. Johnson, 1714. unknown
1787List2432Maryland 1787. One Volume. “Arithmetic Book.†Brewer Joseph Newton. Maryland: June 17 1786 - April 211789 or after. Folio half calf bdg contemporary or old boards; scuffed and chipped and bumped later rebacking. 80 folio sheets of which 15 blank with seated Brittania watermarks. 135 pages mss text in brown ink original manuscript pagination recto-verso sgd and dated on front pastedown; internally toned some closed tears. Near Fine. This manuscript journal comprises an 18th-century American student’s mathematics course from 1786 - 1789. The author Joseph Brewer signs and dates the journal on the front pastedown but he never mentions his hometown or his parentage. It is only in the last exercises of 1789 that he reveals himself more fully as “Joseph Newton Brewer†and further firmer internal evidence regarding this identity is wanting. However inasmuch as he was ostensibly a student in his mid-teens at the time of composition and makes frequent reference to Maryland in numerous exercises in his book it is likely that he was Joseph Nathaniel Newton Brewer January 10 1771 - January 8 1841 of Edgewater Anne Arundel MD. Marriage and birth certificates found among online genealogical corpora do corroborate this.<br /> <br /> Joseph Brewer’s “Arithmetic Book†is noteworthy among other extant 18th-century curricular manuscripts because it showcases a variety of word problems all of which relate explicitly to period themes. There are expected school subjects such as fractions and decimals and practice tables but most of Brewer’s assignments are more practical in scope. They treat topics of an especially economic even mercantile nature including problems of currency conversion; partnership exchange and barter; loss and gain; legacies and wills; land and surveying. <br /> <br /> The commodities Brewer emphasizes his math exercises are also of interest as they<br /> emphasize in most instances prestige goods and other expensive imports e.g. beer rum<br /> chocolate gold dust coffee and tobacco. He writes in one example “Three merchants A. B. & C. freight a ship with 248 tons of wine†before extreme weather causes them to throw much of it overboard necessitating calculations. In another three men spend a guinea at a tavern each consuming varied amounts. The persons described in the word problems are also worthy of further study as in one case where various farm personnel are featured: “one man three women and one boy made a crop of 1700 pounds of tobacco.†p14. Brewer’s journal also contains several practice exercises in letter-writing as to foreign traders p93. The author of the “Arithmetic Book†seems to have enjoyed this work and there are many whimsical flourishes in his handwriting and a few occasional doodles. Most surprising however is Brewer’s decision to conclude his journal with a composite psalmic coda:<br /> <br /> “Oh God who didst command the light to shine out of darkness / speak but the word and light shall dart into my soul at once / when thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth my / praise shall burst out into a chearful sic song†<br /> <br /> Overall an interesting relic of education during the years following the Revolution which should be of interest to scholars of early American education due to its detail and thematic content. unknown
17925711aaLondon: G G J & J Robinson; R Baldwin. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Hinges cracked. 1792. 9th edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". iv 236pp. . G G J & J Robinson; R Baldwin hardcover
176755792London: Printed for J. Nourse and J. Wilcox in the Strand 1767. 12mo. xvi 353 pp. plus 3 pp. publisher’s ads. With 3 folding copper-engraved plates numerous tables equations. Contemporary speckled calf gilt decorated ruling on covers black & gilt morocco spine label neatly & expertly rebacked minor wear to corners light toning to endpapers still a very nice copy from library of Thomas Arldes Carrick and another former owner’s markings blacked out on verso of title. Third edition of this excellent 18th-century mathematics text divided into sections on basic mathematics geometry and determining volumes of spheres and other shapes. Designed for use by architects artists builders surveyors and farmers as well as mathematics students the text proved very popular during the 18th Century and contributed to his appointment as a Royal Mathematical School master in 1748 working with James Hodgson with one of his most notable pupils being Benjamin Raffles who prepared a 740 page manuscript on navigation cyphering. Robertson 1716-1776 is perhaps best remembered for his Elements of Navigation considered one of the finest English-language navigation education manuals of the 18th century and used extensively by the Royal Navy. Worldcat locates 2 copies Univ. College London Columbia; See: Ellerton & Clements Samuel Pepys Isaac Newton James Hodgson and the Beginnings of Secondary School Mathematics: A History of the Royal Mathematical School within Christ’s Hospital London 1673-1868 2017 pp. 50-52 110 146 218. Printed for J. Nourse and J. Wilcox, in the Strand, unknown
17971778Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1797. Second edition. Leather_bound. Fair. Full leather binding with red title band. A fair copy with heavy wear scuffing and fading at the spine column. Darkening to the leather and wear and cracking at the front joint and the front edges of the boards. The leather has worn away at the spine extremities. The pages have expanded in their age leaving the book wider at the mouth than the spine. Faded pencilling to the front endpapers - light enough to be illegible. Chipping to the front edges of the introductory pages and two loose pages at the preface. Overall foxing darkening and age toning to the pages - pages still legible. 516 pp. figures and charts. <br/><br/>Liz's Books Isaiah Thomas hardcover
17892519New York: C Nourse. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Hinges cracked. Some foxing. 1789. 5th Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 110mm 7" x 4". viii 280pp. . C Nourse hardcover
1796056276Philadelphia Pa: William Young 1796. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Viii 13-396 Pp. Full Sheep. Second Edition Stated Apparently Expanded. Worn Leather Discolored And Frayed; Lacking Front Free Endpapers; Rear Board Detached But Present. No Pages Between Viii And 13 But Nothing Appears Missing And According To Table Of Contents Book Begins With That P. 13. Extensive Writing And Ownership Signatures On Endpapers Pastedowns And Title None Clear To Me. Per Wikipedia John Gough 1757 -1825 Was A Blind English Natural And Experimental Philosopher Who Is Known For His Own Investigations As Well As The Influence He Had On Both John Dalton And William Whewell. His Family Belonged To The Society Of Friends. Before He Was Three Years Old Gough Was Attacked By Smallpox And Lost His Sight. In 1778 At The Age Of Twenty-One Gough Became A Resident Pupil Of John Slee A Mathematical Master At Mungrisdale Cumberland. From Around 1782 To 1790 He Enjoyed The Acquaintance Of John Dalton A Cousin Of George Bewley And Also A Lakeland Quaker Who Had Come To Kendal To Take Up A Position In Bewley's School. Dalton Assisted Gough By Reading Writing And Making Calculations And Diagrams On His Behalf. In Return Dalton Who Later Became One Of The Most Eminent Figures In Nineteenth-Century Science Was Tutored By Gough In Latin And Greek. Dalton Later Referred To Gough As A "Prodigy In Scientific Attainments." He Began To Act As A Private Tutor Of Mathematics To A Select Group Of Pupils From Northern England Whom He Prepared For University. The Subsequent Fame Of His Students Superseded His Own Celebrity. A Number Of Them Went On To Achieve High Distinction In The Mathematical Tripos And Subsequently In The Hierarchies Of University And Church. One Of Gough's First Students Was William Whewell Who Was With Him In 1812 And Later Described Gough As "A Very Extraordinary Person." Gough Had Wide-Ranging Scientific Interests. He Published Papers In Natural History Mechanics Mathematics Chemistry And Experimental Physics. One Of His Most Interesting Pieces Of Work Was An Investigation Into The Properties Of Natural Rubber Or Caoutchouc. He Was The First To Describe The Heat Released When A Rubber Band Is Quickly Stretched The Heat Being Detected By The Lips To Which The Band Is Pressed. When Stretched Rubber Is Heated It Contracts A Reversal Of The Normal Behaviour Of Materials When Heated. Gough Published These Results And Others In A Letter To The Manchester Literary And Philosophical Society In 1804. King Has Written That Through Dalton Gough Exerted An Indirect Influence Years Later On James Joule Who Undertook His Own Investigations Into Rubber Elasticity And Energy Changes And Specifically Referred To Gough's Earlier Studies.5 The Effect Eventually Became Known As The Gough-Joule Effect. Gough's Most Substantive Enquiry Was "An Investigation Of The Method Whereby Men Judge By The Ear Of The Position Of Sonorous Bodies Relative To Their Own Persons" Which Appeared In 1802 During An Ongoing Controversy With Another Former Quaker The Noted Natural Philosopher Thomas Young Over The Nature Of Compound Sounds. Among His Works In The Natural Sciences He Carried Out Experiments With Plants. He Had Developed The Skill Of Using His Upper Lip To Identify Plants By Touch And Reported The Hydrosere Succession As Freshwater Lakes Dry Out And Become Land. He Also Described Seed Banks In Soils. <br/> <br/> William Young hardcover
1796e7154Edinburgh: Elphingston Balfour. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. 1796. Eleventh Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 143pp plates. 5 b/w folding plates. With heraldic bookplate of Robert Findlay. . Elphingston Balfour hardcover
17823766786C. Nourse 1782. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: C. Nourse hardcover
171555786Paris: Chez Francois Montalant Quay des Augustins de l’Imprimerie de J. Quillau 1715. 4to. xv 1 181 1 pp. With 11 folding engraved plates occasional light foxing couple minor closed tears and light thumbing & creasing to fore-edges woodcut engraved device on title woodcut engraved vignette and decorated initial. Contemporary mottled calf marbled endpapers raised bands on gilt decorated spine red & gilt morocco spine label marbled endpapers wear & rubbing to corners minor chipping foot of spine hinges just starting at foot of spine very minor ink mark to far upper right corner of first few signatures still a VG- copy from the library of Fred Lauber Engineer of Arts & Manufacturing w/ bookplate on front pastedown. Second edition of the first textbook of differential calculus which quickly disseminated the concepts and early development of the calculus of Bernoulli and Leibniz throughout Europe originally published anonymously in 1696. L’Hospital had arranged to receive private tutoring from Bernoulli in the new calculus and even after unknowingly sending Bernoulli’s solution of de Beune’s problem to Huygens without giving him credit was able to arrange with Bernoulli to continue their arrangement for a stipend. The last chapter of this textbook contains what is now known as “L’Hospital’s rule†for finding the limiting value of a fraction whose numerator and denominator tend to zero actually the work of Bernoulli. See: Norman 1345 1696 edition. Chez Francois Montalant, Quay des Augustins, [de l’Imprimerie de J. Quillau], hardcover
179725881Leipzig: in der Weidmannischen Buchhandlung 1797. First edition of this Meinert edition. Large folding table and 9 copperplate folding leaves with 13 images one handcolored "Plan von der Konigl.Furst Forst N. N. unter dem Amte. N. N. vermesen und eingetheilt durch N. N". 1 vols. 8vo. Original green boards. Rubbed remains of paper label text browned a few short tears else a very good copy with the signature of F. E. Eilers on title. First edition of this Meinert edition. Large folding table and 9 copperplate folding leaves with 13 images one handcolored "Plan von der Konigl.Furst Forst N. N. unter dem Amte. N. N. vermesen und eingetheilt durch N. N". 1 vols. 8vo. Mathematics and Geometry for Foresters. <br/><br/> in der Weidmannischen Buchhandlung hardcover
177445029Leipzig Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius 1774. Bound in 2 very fine contemp. full calf raised bands richly gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels in leather on spines with gilt lettering. gilt border on all covers. Blindtooled decorations on covers in Cambridge-style "mirror-binding". Edges gilt. Stamp on foot of titlepages. 22312;16296 pp. and 11 folded engraved plates. Light browning to some quires and to top of titles otherwise fine. <br/><br/><em>Scarce first edition of the famous German educators mathematical textbook - his suggestion to how mathematics should be taught in his educational reform. Basedow’s views were based on the writings of men such as John Amos Comenius John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His practical teaching methods were more expansive in their implications for education than those of any of his immediate predecessors in the field and by the early 19th century they had become a fundamental force in Germany’s public school systems.Basedow blev i 1753 ansat af J.H.E. Bernstorff ved Sorø Akademi som professor i moral og de skønne videnskaber. Her kom han bl.a. i forbindelse med den danske oplysningsforfatter og Sorø-professor Jens Schielderup Sneedorff hvis værker han oversatte til tysk. Sneedorff blev selv inspirereret af Basedows pædagogiske idéer. </em> hardcover
171255796London: Printed for John Nicholson at the Queen’s-Arms in Little-Britain and Sold by John Morphew 1712. Five vols. 8vo. 6 viii of x 5 80 288; 24 92 156 80 100; 24 215 1 6 204 4; 32 185 5 72 8; 16 166 18 131 11 pp. With 205 of 206 copper-engraved plates 2 folding. Uniformly bound in contemporary tight-back English paneled calf raised bands on spines minor rubbing shelfwear remnants of spine labels very minor chipping heads of Vols. I & II still a VG clean set from the noted library of Charles Hope 1681-1742 first Earl of Hopetoun noted bibliophile whose collection included the Gutenberg Bible now at Cambridge University Library each volume w/ his bookplate on the front pastedown. First edition in English of this collection of works containing significant contributions from the translator Desaguliers and others with the volumes encompassing the Elements of Euclid sections on trigonometry calculating tables geometry geodesy military architecture and fortification perspective geography and sundials as well as sections on hydrostatics and mechanics. Ozanam 1640-1718 was a French mathematician mathematics teacher and a prolific textbook writer whose works proved engaging and popular and was especially well received in England. Printed for John Nicholson at the Queen’s-Arms in Little-Britain, and Sold by John Morphew, hardcover
1775WB15516Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert 1775. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; full contemporary mottled calf. 4 96 413 5pp. half-title. engraved folding plates numbered to 37 bound in at rear. A very nice copy. <br/><br/> Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover
1795biblio1111<p>This is an aged and excellent copy of the eminent mathematician John Playfair's first full book 1795. A true rarity in its first issue this copy also bears the nameplate of John F. Lanneau Confederate cavalry officer and later longtime missionary to Jerusalem</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Bell & Bradfute, And G.G..& J. Robinson, London hardcover
1756j8328Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new marbled endpapers. Two early page numbers affected by small holes. Occasional light foxing. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Aeg. 1756. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 270mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 411pp. Diagrams within the text. Latin title translates as 'The first six books of Euclid's Elements as well as the Eleventh and Twelfth for the Latin versions of the Frederick Commandino: By the removal of the latter from those of the Book of Theon or other such which they formerly were are vitiated And as some had been restored the demonstrations of Euclid by Robert A. Simson 1500' Robert Simson was born on 18 October 1687. He was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1711 until 1761 and made a significant contribution to mathematical scholarship; his interest in early Greek geometers proved particularly influential. Simson's definitive edition of Euclid's Elements first published in 1756 in Latin. This work contained only the first six and the eleventh and twelfth books. It became the standard text in England and along with the Conic Sections was produced in many editions some posthumously. It was also translated into several languages. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Robert and Andrew Foulis hardcover
17632110502150900018Not Available 1763. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1785301118En la Imprenta Real Madrid 1785. Hardcover Leder Instituciones Matematicas: Tomo I: Contiene La Aritmetica Propia Y Los Principios De Algebra. Zustand: Der Schmutztitel fehlt. Eintragung in Tinte im Vorsatz. Gewellte Buchdeckel gewelltes Papier. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. En la Imprenta Real, Madrid, hardcover
1718WB18434Italy ca. late 17th or early 18th c. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 24 x 17 cm. Collation: 90 numbered pages and 2 duplicate page numbers 74 and 75 as and Addendum to the Arithmetic section. All pages are in manuscript with 3 in text tables 3 folding tables at end and 18 figures on four folding plates. The figures have red wash for shading with title page in red and black ink. The text is written in a fine legible hand divided into sections on Arithmetic and Geometry. Each section has an introduction history presentation object and divisions. These paragraphs are followed either by propositions Arithmetic section or Addenda on separate topics such as conics parabola etc. Geometric section. The Arithmetic section is longest with 74 p. plus 2 addenda pages. The detail information in the Geometry sections leads to practical problem solving for surveying. We find no record of publication or for the author of this manuscript. This appears to be an original work used in teaching students most likely at a Capuchin monastery in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A scarce and extremely attractive example of Capuchin teaching of two major branches of mathematics Arithmetic and Geometry. <br /> <br/><br/> hardcover
17983766776Paris 1798. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: hardcover
17606004American or British After 1760. Very Good. 1 leaf 200 x 323mm; watermark of crowned lion with scepter and fascia of arrows very like Churchill #88 which he identifies as English colonial dated 1762. Seven columns of numbers with brief explanation on verso. Folds some beginning to split. <br /><br />Manuscript 18th-century game or puzzle which allows whoever knows the key to accurately guess anyone's age or chosen number in a "pick-a-number" scenario. We won't divulge the secret--but it has to do with binomial number systems--and it works! Similar magic age tables persist to the present day in a somewhat different form. unknown
1765N4664Frankfurt & Berlin: J.J. Speier 1765. First Edition . Half Leather. Very Good. 4to. 1. Theil und 2. Theil bound together. 124pp123pp.First part called "'Ir Heshbon" on Arithmetic and Algebra; the second part : "Berure Middot" on Geometry. MODERN HALF LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED BOARDS. Title page with stamp some old handwriting and markings. Upper corner of title page some 3 cm missing and replaced with old repair. Pages with some browning and occasional minor soiling. First pages of the second part trimmrd to text. Last page of the second part with repair to edges End papers with some old writing and minor soiling . OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.AN EXTREMELY RARE AND INTERESTING WORK of MATHEMATICS in HEBREW. this work is mentioned in Zeitlkin Bibliotheca Hebraica.- Elijah ben Moses Gershon Zahalon was a Jewish Talmudist mathematician and physician living in Pinczcow Russian Poland. <br/> <br/> J.J. Speier hardcover
176345504Paris L'Imprimerie Royale 1763. 4to. No wrappers.Extract from "Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans" Tome IV. Pp. 196-246 a. many textfigs. A very faint dampstain to outer margin. unknown
1759D2000Barcelona 1759. Manuscript exercise book on the mathematics of artillery of Fernando Seilde "Dn Fernando Seilde" Lieutenant in the Wallon Infantry Regiemtn of Flanders in period full vellum ties missing Barcelona January 16 1759. Kept in a regular and elegant hand this volume is the fifth treatise artillery of the eight-part official course in Mathematics taught at the Royal Military Academy of Barcelona for over half a century. Numerous finely drawn illustrations. <br/><br/> hardcover
1788e6137Paris: Nyon le Jeune. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. 1788. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". lxiii 648pp iii. . Nyon le Jeune hardcover
