Cutting a round cake on scientific principals [sic] / by Francis Galton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911, author.

Contributor:

Gerry, Vance, printer, autographer.

Jeff Weber Rare Books, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfaces--Areas and volumes.

Surfaces.

Food--Preservation.

Food.

Cake.

Geometry.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Autographs (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Gerry, Vance (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4] pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : [Vance Gerry]

Other Title:

Cutting a round cake on scientific principles

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Jeff Weber Rare Books, 2003.

Notes:

Publisher's name appears before place of publication in imprint.

Brief biographical information: Page [4].

"25 copies made"--Page [4]; signed by the printer, Vance Gerry.

"The problem to be solved was, given a round tea-cake of some 5 inches across, and two persons of moderate appetitie to eat it, in what way should it be cut so as to leave a minimum of exposed surface to become dry?"--Page [3].

Errata slip inserted.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

OCLC:

53070274