The Doctrine of Combinations, Permutations, and Compositions, of Quantities, clearly and succintly demonstrated/Chronology: or the Art of Reckoning Time/Calculation, Libration, and Mensuration/The Art of Surveying, or Measuring Land/Appendix

EMERSON, William

Published by J. Nourse, Londra, 1770

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In-8°, 4 volumi in uno: (4), 28; (1), iv, (88); 168pp, IV carte di tavola ripiegate; (1), iv, 138, V carte di tavola ripiegate; 26, una carta di tavola ripiegata. Numerose tabelle nel testo. Legatura in piena pelle coeva, titolo in oro al dorso su tassello in marocchino, nervature. Prima ed unica edizione, buona copia. Da esperto matematico qual era, Emerson dedica la sua attenzione alle permutazioni, chiamati fattoriali solo nel 1808 da Kremps. In-8th, 4 volumes in one: (4), 28; (1), iv, (88); 168pp, IV folding plates ; (1), iv, 138, V folding plates; 26, a folding plate. Numerous charts in the text. Coeval calf binding, gilt title on the back on a morocco label, bands. First and only edition, fair copy. As a mathematical expert, here Emerson devotes his attention to permutations, called factorials only in 1808 by Kremps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Doctrine of Combinations, Permutations, and Compositions, of Quantities, clearly and succintly demonstrated/Chronology: or the Art of Reckoning Time/Calculation, Libration, and Mensuration/The Art of Surveying, or Measuring Land/Appendix
• Publisher: J. Nourse, Londra
• Publication Date: 1770