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Histoire des mathématiques par J.F. [i.e. J.E.] Montucla.
Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montucla, Jean Etienne, 1725-1799.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
- Language:
- French
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--History--Early works to 1800.
- Mathematics.
- Astronomy--History--Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy.
- Mechanics--History--Early works to 1800.
- Mechanics.
- Optics--History--Early works to 1800.
- Optics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 v.) : ill., ports.
- Edition:
- Nouv. éd. / considérablement augmentée, et prolongée jusque vers l'époque actuelle.
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : H. Agasse libr., an VII [1798 or 1799]-an X (mai 1802)
- Notes:
- List of the most important Arabian mathematicians with titles of their works: v. 1, p. 403-412.
- Works on Chinese astronomy arranged chronologically, with titles translated in Latin: v. 1, p. 479-480.
- Volumes 3-4: "Achevé et publié par Jérôme de La Lande."
- First ed. published 1758 (2 v.).
- Includes indexes.
- Half-titles; frontispiece portraits.
- Plates signed: Benard direxit; frontispiece portrait of v. 3 signed: Gravé par P. Viel d'après une mignature; frontispiece portrait of v. 4 signed: G. Ely del., A. de St. Aubin sculp.
- Errata: 1 p., last count of v. 2.
- "Sur la vie et les ouvrages de Montucla": v. 4, p. [662]-672.
- "Dans laquelle on rend compte de leurs progrès depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours, où, L'on expose le tableau et le développement des principales découvertes dans toutes les parties des Mathématiques, les contestations qui se sont élevées entre les Mathématiciens, et les principaux traits de la vie des plus célèbres."
- Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
- OCLC:
- 875140326
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