Descript |
4 v. in 1, [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. |
Edition |
The sixth edition, corrected and enlarged. / by William Leybourn. |
Note |
Each part has separate t.p. with varying imprints. The fourth part has: An abridgement of The precepts of algebra / written in French by James de Billy, and now translated into English, with divers questions added, which were not in the original. |
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Reproduction of original in: Birmingham Central Reference Library. |
Contents |
I. Vulgar arithmetick, in whole numbers and fractions, in a plain and easie method -- II. Decimal arithmetick, the ground and reason thereof, and its use illustrated by divers examples -- III. Instrumental arithmetick, exactly performing, by decimal scales, all kinds of reductions ... With the description of Nepair's bones (according to their best contrivance) and the use of them in multiplication, division, and extracting of roots -- IV. Algebraical arithmetick, containing an abridgment of the precepts of that art, and its use, illustrated by questions of divers kinds. |
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