The young mathematician's guide : Being a plain and easie introduction to the mathematicks. In five parts. Viz. 1. Arithmetick, Vulgar, and Decimal, with all the Useful Rules; And a general Method of Extracting the Roots of all Single Powers. II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species; wherein the Method of Raising and Resolving Aequations is rendered easie; and Illustrated with Variety of Examples, and Numerical Questions. Also the whole Business of Interest and Annuities, &c. perform'd by the Pen, and a small Table, with several new Improvements. III. The Elements of Geometry, Contracted, and Analytically Demonstrated; With a New and Easie Method of finding the Circle's Periphery and Area to any assigned Exactness, by one Aequation only; Also a New Way of making Sines and Tangents. IV. Conick-Sections, wherein the Chief Properties, &c. of the Ellipsis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are Clearly Demonstrated. V. The Arithmetick of Infinites Explain'd, and render'd Easie; with its Application to Superficial, and Solid Geometry. With an appendix of practical gauging. The second edition corrected. By John Ward, Philomath. Heretofore Chief Surveyor and Gauger-General in the Excise; new Professor of the Mathematicks in the City of Chester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, John, fl. 1698-1709.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Early works to 1800.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],451,[3]p.,plate ) ill.,port. ;

Other Title:

Young mathematician's guide

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Tho. Horne at the Soul-Entrance into the Royal-Exchange, J. Woodward at the Bible in Scalding-Ally against Stocks Market, and A. Bettesworth at the Red Lyon on London-Bridge, 1713.

Notes:

A variant has an extra preliminary leaf (making the pagination [10],451,[3]p.) entitled 'To the ingenious Mr. John Ward, upon his most useful piece, The young mathematician's guide' by Samuel Cunn, dated "Feb. 18. 1706/7".

Pp. 427-451 contain 'An appendix of practical gauging'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T132407.

OCLC:

642371283