Young mathematician's guide [electronic resource] : being a plain and easy introduction to the mathematicks. In five parts. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal, with all the useful Rules; and a general Method of extracting the Roots of all single Powers. II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species; wherein the Method of raising and resolving Equations is rendered easy; and illustrated with Variety of Examples, and numerical Questions. Also the whole Business of Interest and Annuities, &c. performed by the Pen. III. The Elements of Geometry contracted, and analytically demonstrated; with a new and easy Method of finding the Circle's Periphery and Area to any assigned Exactness, by one Equation only: Also a new Way of making Signs and Tangents. IV. Conick Sections, wherein the chief Properties, &c. of the Ellipsis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are clearly demonstrated. V. The Arithmetick of Infinites explained and rendered Easy; with its Application to superficial and solid Geometry. With an appendix of practical gauging. By John Ward.
1769
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Young mathematician's guide [electronic resource] : being a plain and easy introduction to the mathematicks. In five parts. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal, with all the useful Rules; and a general Method of extracting the Roots of all single Powers. II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species; wherein the Method of raising and resolving Equations is rendered easy; and illustrated with Variety of Examples, and numerical Questions. Also the whole Business of Interest and Annuities, &c. performed by the Pen. III. The Elements of Geometry contracted, and analytically demonstrated; with a new and easy Method of finding the Circle's Periphery and Area to any assigned Exactness, by one Equation only: Also a new Way of making Signs and Tangents. IV. Conick Sections, wherein the chief Properties, &c. of the Ellipsis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are clearly demonstrated. V. The Arithmetick of Infinites explained and rendered Easy; with its Application to superficial and solid Geometry. With an appendix of practical gauging. By John Ward.
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Ward, John, fl. 1698-1709.
Edition
The eleventh edition, carefully corrected. To which is added, a supplement, ...
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Dublin : printed for Thomas Ewing, in Castle-street, and William Smith, in Dame-Street, Booksellers, 1769.
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Ireland -- Dublin.
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English
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[8],480,[8]p. : ill. ; 8⁰.
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With an index.
Same setting as the other eleventh editions, except for the first lines of the titlepage.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Same setting as the other eleventh editions, except for the first lines of the titlepage.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T121350.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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