Mathematics, compiled from the best authors and intended to be the text-book of the course of private lectures on these sciences in the University at Cambridge. / Under the direction of Samuel Webber, A.M. A.A.S. Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. ; In two volumes.--Vol. I[-II]. ; Copy right secured.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Webber, Samuel, 1759-1810, editor.
• Harvard University.

Series:

• Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1627.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mathematics.
• Surveying.
• Navigation.
• Dialing.
• Spherical astronomy.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston. : Printed for the University at Cambridge, by Thomas & Andrews., 1801.

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Contents:

• [Vol. 1] Arithmetic
• Logarithms
• Algebra
• Geometry
• [v. 2] Plane trigonometry
• Mensuration of superficies
• Mensuration of solids
• Gauging
• Heights and distances
• Surveying
• Navigation
• Conic sections
• Dialing
• Spherical geometry
• Spherical trigonometry
• Spherical astronomy, or, Application of spherics to astronomy.

Notes:

• "The authors of most of the branches are Dr. Hutton and Mr. Bonnycastle; the navigation is principally from that of Mr. Nicholson; and considerable use has been made of a manuscript, Mole's Algebra, and the Works of Emerson."--Advertisement, v. 1, p. [iii].
• NUC pre-1956 and Shaw & Shoemaker entry 1627 both incorrectly assert that only vol. 1 was published.
• Vol. 1: viii, [1], 10-426 p.; v. 2: [5], 10-610, [2] p.
• Error in paging: v. 1, p. 317, 319 misnumbered 117, 119.
• "Errata."--v. 2, p. [609]-610. "Additional errata."--v.2, p. [611-612].
• Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1627).

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