Essays, Mathematical and Physical: Containing New Theories and Illustrations of Some Very Important and Difficult Subjects of the Sciences. Never Before Published.

Jared Mansfield

Verlag: New-Haven, Printed by William W. Morse, 1802

Beschreibung

Bound in contemporary acid calf. A few scrapes to cover. Scattered foxing. Institutional book plate and stamps from Olivet College. Covers a variety of subjects including algebra, theory of gunnery, and astronomy. Mansfield was an early American educator and mathematician. This book brought him to the attention of President Thomas Jefferson, who appointed Mansfield captain of Engineers so he could teach as a professor at the West Point military academy. Jefferson later appointed Mansfield to the post of Surveyor General for Ohio. x, [2], 274, [50] pages : 13 folded leaves of plates : illustrations. Contents: Of negative quantities in algebra. --Goniometrical properties. --Nautical astronomy. --Orbicular motion. --Investigation of the loci. --Fluxionary analysis. --Theory of gunnery. --Theory of the moon. --Appendix: New tables for computing the latitude and longitude at sea by means of double altitudes and lunar distances. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1106210094

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Essays, Mathematical and Physical: ...

Verlag: New-Haven, Printed by William W. Morse

Erscheinungsdatum: 1802

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good