A Sequel to the First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid, Containing an Easy Introduction to Modern Geometry with Numerous Examples

Casey, John (edited by Patrick A.E. Dowling)

Published by Hodges, Figgis & Co., Dublin, 1892

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1892. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. xxiv, 302pp. plus [ii], 8, and 8 pages of reviews of other works. John Casey (1820-1891, was an Irish mathematician, most famous for Casey's theorem on a circle that is tangent to four other circles, an extension of Ptolemy's theorem. However, he contributed several novel proofs and perspectives on Euclidean geometry. He and Émile Lemoine are considered to be the co-founders of the modern geometry of the circle and the triangle. In this work he has endeavoured to collect and arrange all those Elementary Geometrical Propositions not given in Euclid which a student will require in his mathematics course. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and a blind-stamped emblem on the front board. The case of the book is in good to very good condition with fairly heavy shelf wear and some soiling on the boards. The corners and spine ends are bumped with a little damage to the cloth on the spine corners. The spine edges are worn with some small holes in the cloth. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few small marks and stains and several pages, mostly between pages 21 and 91, have pencil notes and marks and there are substantial notes on the back of the front free endpaper. The fore edge of pages 53 to 60 protrude slightly from the fore edge of the text block and have a little soiling on the fore edge. There is no inscription. Seller Inventory # gMaths28

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Sequel to the First Six Books of the ...

Publisher: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Dublin

Publication Date: 1892

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Good

Edition: Sixth Edition