An elementary treatise on arithmetic / taken principally from the arithmetic of S.F. Lacroix, and translated into English with such alterations and additions as were found necessary in order to adapt it to the use of the American student.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacroix, S. F. (Silvestre François), 1765-1843.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 44534.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Arithmetic.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1818.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xii, 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, N.E. : Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, at the University Press. Sold by W. Hilliard, Cambridge, and by Cummings & Hilliard, no. 1 Cornhill, Boston., 1818.

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Notes:

Copyright 24 August, 1818 by Cummings & Hilliard.

"The first principles, as well as the more difficult parts of mathematics, have, it is thought, been more fully and clearly explained by the French elementary writers, than by the English; and among these, Lacroix has held a very distinguished place. ..."--Advertisement, p. [iii].

"Appendix, containing tables of various weights and measures."--p. [121-128].

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