[Charles Hutton, mathematician, surveyor] Holograph Index (NOT published) to "A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary" (2 vols, 1815 edition). List of plates for vol.1 addressed to "Rich[ar]d Murphy Esq | St peters street | Derby". List of Plate

Charles Hutton (1737 1823), mathematician and surveyor.

Publication Date: 1815

About this Item

A. List of plates in 'Vol.Ist', Holograph MS., one page, 4to, small stain, sl.chipped, text complete, addressed to a Richard Murphy of Derby on verso, text columnising No. of Plate, Title/subject, page number; B. List of plates in 'Vol.2nd', Holograph MS., 2pp. fol., bifolium, folded, aged but good condition, columns as List Vol.I. Note: a. This Index doesn't seem to have been published (the text on Google Books and the British Library copy have no such index); b. I haven't checked all the plates, but one reveals the engraver of the plates as 'Multow & Russell' (Plate XXXI); c. From the Preface: ".In short, the alterations, additions and other improvements are so numerous, and so large, as entitle the present edition to be considered almost as an entire new work"; d. This index doesn't necessarily reflect the placement of Plates on the page they record (unless the BL in re-binding created disorder). For example "37. Ptolomaic System, . [p.]478" is numbered xxxvi (36)in print, and is opposite p.491. SEE IMAGE.

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• Title: [Charles Hutton, mathematician, surveyor] Holograph Index (NOT published) to "A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary" (2 vols, 1815 edition). List of plates for vol.1 addressed to "Rich[ar]d Murphy Esq | St peters street | Derby". List of Plate
• Publication Date: 1815