The two books of Apollonius Pergŭs, concerning tangencies, as they have been restored by Franciscus Vieta and Marinus Ghetaldus : With a supplement. By John Lawson, B.D. rector of Swanscombe in Kent. The second edition. To which is now added, a second supplement, being Mons. Fermat's treatise on spherical tangencies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apollonius, of Perga.

Viète, François, 1540-1603., Author.

Ghetaldi, Marino, 1566-1626., Author.

Standardized Title:

De tactionibus. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii,[1],29,[1]p.,plates )

Other Title:

Two books of Apollonius Pergæus, concerning tangencies, as they have been restored by Franciscus Vieta and Marinus Ghetaldus

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by G. Bigg, successor to D. Leach. And sold by B. White, in Fleet-Street; L. Davis, in Holborne, J. Nourse, in the Strand, and T. Payne, near the Mews-Gate, MDCCLXXI. [1771]

Notes:

A reconstruction of Apollonius of Perga's lost 'De tactionibus'.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T174998.

OCLC:

509215577