A dissertation on the use of the negative sign in algebra : Containing a Demonstration of The Rules usually given concerning it; and shewing How Quadratic and Cubic Equations may be explained, without the Consideration of Negative Roots. To which is added, as an Appendix, Mr. Machin's Quadrature of the Circle. By Francis Maseres, M. A. Fellow of Clare-Hall, Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maseres, Francis, 1731-1824.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Circle-squaring--Early works to 1800.

Circle-squaring.

Equations, Theory of--Early works to 1800.

Equations, Theory of.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages,viii,293 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed by Samuel Richardson; and sold by Thomas Payne, in Castle-Street, near the Mews-Gate, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T34679.

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