THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. BION . . . THE CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS AS ARE OMITTED BY M. BION, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE INVENTED OR IMPROVED BY THE ENGLISH BY EDMUND STONE

Bion, N. [Nicolas Bion], 1652-1733. Edmund Stone. Peter Brophy (Foreword).

Published by London: The Holland Press Ltd., 1972.

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Full title - THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. BION, CHIEF INSTRUMENT-MAKER TO THE FRENCH KING. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS AS ARE OMITTED BY M. BION, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE INVENTED OR IMPROVED BY THE ENGLISH. BY EDMUND STONE. THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY FOLIO COPPER-PLATES, CONTAINING THE FIGURES, &C. OF THE SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS. . . THE SECOND EDITION. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SUPPLEMENT: CONTAINING A FURTHER ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS AS NOW IMPROVED. [2], i-vii, [1], 1-264, [4], 265-325, [1] pages (plus b/w plates on unpaged leaves). Hardcover: H 35.5cm x L 23.75cm. Dark pink dust jacket; spine sunned/faded; chipping and tears at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price. Black cloth; bumping to spine ends and to boards' bottom fore-edge corners. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Secondary title page (following page 264) "A Supplement to the English Translation of Mr Bion's Construction and Use of Mathematical Instruments: Containing a further Account of some of the most useful Mathematic Instruments, both Ancient and Modern, as now improved. By Edmund Stone." Facsimile reprints of the 1758 London editions published by J. Richardson. B/w plates on unpaged leaves numbered as I-XXV within primary text; supplement text has Plate XXVI and concluding Plates I-IV (for thirty total matching sum specified in primary title). Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 7.75 pounds (3.51 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail and, in particular, international postage (other than Canada) will be in excess of US$100.

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• Title: THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. BION . . . THE CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS AS ARE OMITTED BY M. BION, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE INVENTED OR IMPROVED BY THE ENGLISH BY EDMUND STONE
• Publisher: London: The Holland Press Ltd., 1972.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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