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| BEYER, WILLIAM H. HANDBOOK OF TABLES FOR PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Cleveland, Ohio, Chemical Rubber Co. 1966, Ed. not stated, Hb. Ill.: Tables. Corners bumped, owner's name on title pg., else vg (conts clean). 8vo, no dj, xv, 362 pp. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 019646 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. | ||
| COULSON, C. A., A. STREITWIESSER ET AL DICTIONARY OF [pI symbol] CALCULATIONS San Francisco, W.H. Freeman & Co. 1965, hb buckram. A bit scuffed & rubbed at edges, clean internally, else vg+. 4to pp. xxx, 358. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 027742 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. | ||
| GREGORY, OLINTHUS / THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED BY HENRY LAW MATHEMATICS for Practical Men: Being a Common-Place Book of Pure and Mixed Mathematics London, John Weale 1848, hb. Ill.: engravings. Bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Thick 8vo, pp. xix, 392, 118. With 13 folding engravings, incl. several of "Locomotive engines on the Great Western Railway". Â ¶ First published in 1825 as a volume "designed chiefly for the use of civil engineers, architects, and surveyors" and re-published, with minor corrections, in 1833. This, the third edition, was signficantly corrected and enlarged, and contained more plates than the previous two editions. Law was a contemporary of Isambart Kingdom Brunel (the designer of the famous steam ship The Great Eastern), to whom he dedicated this book. Bookplate of W. H. Darracott on inside front board. Front joint cracked, but binding still intact. Boards worn and quite rubbed. Old tide stain to bottom third of first few preliminary pages and several plates; else text clean and unmarked. Inevitable fraying to edges of folding plates, with some soiling to one or two. Not a handsome copy, but quite readable and may be handled without trepidation. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 | £UK 60.25 | JP¥ 8826] Book number: 035478 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. | ||
| KORNER, T. W. FOURIER ANALYSIS Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press 1995, Reprint, Pb. Covers sl rubbed, minor bumps to corners, else vg+ (conts clean). Trade pb, 8vo, xii, 591 pp. Some ideas, techniques & elegant results of the analysis & their applications for stats, geology, astronomy & engineering. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 023196 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. | ||
| PAULOS, JOHN ALLEN INNUMERACY Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences New York, Hill and Wang 1989, Reprint, Hb. Slight stain to top spine, else vg in pc but vg dj. 8vo, 135 pp. Faint damp rippling to bottom page edges. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 019990 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. | ||
| SIMPSON, THOMAS, F.R.S. THE DOCTRINE AND APPLICATION OF FLUXIONS. London, Collingwood & Whittaker 1823, hb. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Bound in half cloth over original printer's boards. 8vo, pp. 371, ads. Â ¶ "Containing (besides what is common on the subject) a number of New Improvements in the Theory: and the solution of a variety of new and very interesting problems, in different branches of mathematics. / A New Edition, carefully revised, and adapted, by copious appendixes, to the present advanced state of science. By a graduate of the University of Cambridge." Issued in two volumes, of which this is volume II. Simpson (1710-1761) was a mathematician who the DNB describes as "the oracle of Nuneaton, Bosworth, and the environs." He was elected to the Royal Society in 1745. The first edition of this book was entiteld "New Treatise on Fluxions", and was published in 1737. It was subsequently revised and issued in 1750 as "The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions." Boards worn and soiled. Endpapers split but binding still reasonably tight. Occasional light foxing, else contents clean and unmarked. A good copy. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 | £UK 75.25 | JP¥ 11032] Book number: 037859 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. | ||
| SIMSON, DR. ROBERT ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS / Translated from the Latin original / A new edition, revised and corrected Glasgow, Scotland, R. Chapman 1817, hb. Ill.: folding plates. Bound in half cloth over original printer's boards. 8vo, pp. 253. Â ¶ Simson (1687-1768) was a mathematician and professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow from 1712 to 1761. This work was first published in Latin in 1735 as "Sectionum Conicarum". The fourteen folding plates have not been placed as directed, but are bound in at the end of the book. They are all in very good condition, with only light foxing and a bit of creasing. The binding of the book shows noticeable wear. Early former owner's name on half-title page; some light foxing and occasional soiling to contents. Overall, in good plus condition. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 037858 Click here to order or inquire at Greenfield Books. |
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