Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Containing Amusing Dissertations and Enquiries Concerning a Variety of Subjects the Most Remarkable and Proper to Excite Curiosity....
por Hutton, Charles, M. Ozanam and M. Montucla
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London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814. Octavo. Improved with many additions and observation by Hutton. Four Volumes in Two, Four Title pages, 98 plates on 97 leaves(some folding) with 4 manuscript pages bound in(mathematical) some plates hand colored(most likely by previous owner?) Hutton was an English mathematician and surveyo. He was a professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bound in 3/4 maroon polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, joints and corners rubbed, some toning or scattered foxing to plates, text clean. A good set of this scarce work.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
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- 021569
- Título
- Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Containing Amusing Dissertations and Enquiries Concerning a Variety of Subjects the Most Remarkable and Proper to Excite Curiosity....
- Autor
- Hutton, Charles, M. Ozanam and M. Montucla
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- Usado
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- 1
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- for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1814
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- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Astronomy Geography Mathematics, Arithmetic Pyrotechny Diallin Navigation Music Acoustics Mechanics Trigonometry Chemistry Electricity
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...