Quarter contemporary morocco with matching marbled paper boards. Flat spine in five compartments with gilt and blind tooled rulings. Gilt title on 2. Marbled pasted and free end papers., Thomas Simpson (1710-1761) was a British mathematician, inventor and eponym of Simpson?s rule to approximate definite integrals. Simpson created this book as a resource for those instructing the subject of mathematics, to aid in their teaching of mathematical concepts and methods. , Size : 8vo. (187x115mm). , Illustrated with a profusion of in text illustrations. , P. Title, Blank, Dedication (1-2), Preface (i-vi), 1-330. Very good condition. Text clean and crisp.

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Title: Select Exercises for Young Proficients in their Mathematicks. Containing, I. A large Variety of Algebraical Problems with their Solutions. II. A choice Number of Geometrical Problems with their Solutions both Algebraical and Geometrical. III. The Theory of Gunnery, independent of the Conic Sections. IV. A new and very comprehensive Method for finding the Roots of Equations in Numbers. V. A short Account of the Nature and first Principles of Fluxions. VI. The Valuations of Annuities for single ...
Publisher: J. Nourse c. 1752, London
Publication Date: 1752
Binding: Hardcover

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