A Plain and Familiar Method for Attaining the Knowledge and Practice of Common Arithmetic. Containing all the Useful Rules Both in Whole Numbers, and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal, Extraction of the Square and Cube-Roots, Simple and Compound Interest, Annuities, &c. Delivered in a More Practical and Correct Manner, Than in any Work Hitherto Extant. By Edmund Wingate, of Gray's-Inn, Esq; the Eighteenth Edition. Wherein the Additions and Emendations Made by Mr. John Kersey, in his Appendix; and Mr. George Shelley, in his Supplement, are Introduced in Their Proper Places; and all the Improvements in This Science That Have Appeared in Other Writers Since Their Time, are Carefully Inserted. Also Sundry Others, That are Entirely new, are Added.
Language: English
Published by J. and P. Knapton, London, 1751
- Hardcover
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Seller: MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United KingdomMFR RARE BOOKS
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THE EIGHTEENTH EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (20.5 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm); pp. x, 401, [13]. English text, with diagrams, tables and charts throughout. Bound in contemporary full calf; initial and terminal blanks present; engraved frontispiece; head- and tail-pieces; rear index. Condition: GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure, the covers with some light rubbing to the extremities. Interior lightly toned, a few leaves with moderate staining, the engraved plate with a small puncture hole in the margin, the front endpaper verso with a charming old doodle of a man. An handsome copy. Notes: An excellent copy of this foundational mathematics textbook, originally authored by the English mathematician Edmund Wingate in 1630, and published as "Arithmetique Made Easie". It served for centuries as a highly accessible guide to mathematical principles, offering a thorough progression of mathematical skills, moving from basic calculations to advanced business applications. [ESTC T86940].…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Plain and Familiar Method for Attaining the Knowledge and Practice of Common Arithmetic. Containing all the Useful Rules Both in Whole Numbers, and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal, Extraction of the Square and Cube-Roots, Simple and Compound Interest, Annuities, &c. Delivered in a More Practical and Correct Manner, Than in any Work Hitherto Extant. By Edmund Wingate, of Gray's-Inn, Esq; the Eighteenth Edition. Wherein the Additions and Emendations Made by Mr. John Kersey, in his Appendix; and Mr. George Shelley, in his Supplement, are Introduced in Their Proper Places; and all the Improvements in This Science That Have Appeared in Other Writers Since Their Time, are Carefully Inserted. Also Sundry Others, That are Entirely new, are Added.
- Author
- WINGATE, EDMUND (1596-1656); DODSON, JAMES
- Publisher
- J. and P. Knapton, London
- Publication year
- 1751
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 12.5 centimeters width by 20.5 centimeters height by 3.5 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- 18th Century, Academic, Mathematics, Non-Fiction
MFR RARE BOOKS
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