@article{575613, recid = {575613}, author = {Maseres, Francis,}, title = {A dissertation on the use of the negative sign in algebra Containing a Demonstration of The Rules usually given concerning it; and shewing How Quadratic and Cubic Equations may be explained, without the Consideration of Negative Roots. To which is added, as an Appendix, Mr. Machin's Quadrature of the Circle. By Francis Maseres, M. A. Fellow of Clare-Hall, Cambridge. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {printed by Samuel Richardson; and sold by Thomas Payne, in Castle-Street, near the Mews-Gate,}, address = {London :}, pages = {[4],viii,293,[1]p. ;}, year = {1758}, note = {Reproduction of original from British Library.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/575613}, }