A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical. Shewing, the original, progress, and advancement thereof, from time to time; and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which now it is. With some additional treatises, I. Of the cono-cuneus; being a body representing in part a conus, in part a cuneus. II. Of angular sections; and other things relating there-unto, and to trigonometry. III. Of the angle of contact; with other things appertaining to the composition of magnitudes, the inceptives of magnitudes, and the composition of motions, with the results thereof. IV. Of combinations, alternations, and aliquot parts. By John Wallis, D.D. Professor of geometry in the University of Oxford; and a member of the Royal Society, London.

People / Organizations

• John Playford ("printed by")
• John Wallis (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by John Playford, for Richard Davis, bookseller, in the University of Oxford, M. DC. LXXXV. [1685]

Publication year

1685-1685

ESTC No.

R12258

Grub Street ID

60462

Description

[20], 33, 36-374, [4], 17, [3], 76 [i.e. 176], [2], 17, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 2⁰

Note

"Cono-cuneus, or, The shipwright's circular wedge" and "A treatise of angular sections" each have separate pagination and register and separate title page dated 1684. They may also have been issued separately (Wing W565 and W614). "A brief (but full) account of the doctrine o trigonometry" has a separate title page dated 1685 and separate pagination and register.

"A defense of the treatise of the angle of contact" and "A discourse of combinations, alternations, and aliqot parts" each have separate title pages, dated 1684 and 1685, respectively. Pagination and register are continuous from "A treatise of angular sections".

Pages 175 and 176 of the third sequence are mismunbered 75 and 76.

"A treatise of the angular sections" identified as Wing W614 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641 to 1700" reel 402; "Cono-cuneus, or, The shipwright's circular wedge" identified as Wing W565 on reel 1079; "A brief (but full) account of the doctrine of trigonometry identified as Wing C1252 on reel 347.