A Synopsis of Practical Mathematics. containing Plain Trigonometry, Mensuration of Heights, Distances, Surfaces, and Solids; Surveying of Land, Gauging, Navigation, and Gunnery. with Tables of the Logarithms of Numbers, and the Sines and Tangents. For the use of Schools and Men of Business

Verlag: Printed for J. & J. Fairbairn, and A. Guthrie, Edinburgh, 1791

  • Softcover
  • Gebraucht
Alle Details anzeigen
Verkäuferin bzw. Verkäufer von Kulturgütern

Anbieter: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, USABabylon Revisited Rare Books

Verkäufer/-in mit 4 Sternen

AbeBooks-Verkäufer/-in seit 30. November 2000

Softcover

Zustand: Gebraucht

EUR 497,88

EUR 8,79 Versand 
Versand innerhalb von USA

Anzahl: 1 verfügbar

In den Warenkorb
30 Tage kostenlose Rückgabe

Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers

Third Edition. Octavo. Full leather over boards, gilt bands on spine and gilt lettering and decorated border of title: "Ewing's Synopsis" Very Scarce. No library holding of this 3rd Edition. Contains several folded plates. Very Good. Ownership marks at front, as well as an inscription dated 1794 which reads: "1794 The Second Year of French Independence" and, under that inscription, written in a slightly different hand: "Year 1814 the first of French Slavery - - - " the top of this flyleaf has been cut out, but the aging to the pages reveal that the cut was likely made quite early. Ownership signature on second flyleaf. The binding is tight and some foxing to pages, but many pages clean. All pull-out plates are intact. Alexander Ewing's Synopsis was a popular text in Scotland, and throughout Great Britain, and had numerous reprintings in the 1790s alone. In this THIRD EDITION, Ewing notes in his Preface that due to the "favourable reception" of the previous two editions, that he has made "this third edition still more compleat than either of them, by several useful additions" making this edition the more sought-after by practitioners of the day. Ewing’s Synopsis has been cited by scholars in later centuries as being instrumental in several areas – particularly as it has been referenced as one of the standards of mathematics that influenced the practice of navigation in Britain in the period some historians celebrate as the birth of scientific navigation. His chapter on "Gunnery," which discusses the art of aiming and the mathematics of projectiles, has been cited for its contribution to the study of artillery and warfare. Ewing was not affiliated with Edinburgh University, but was rather one of the "private teachers," of whom there seem to have been a considerable number in the University towns during the 1700’s. Alexander Ewing died in 1804 and was interred in the family vault in Saint Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Edinburgh. His obituary was carried in the The Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany Vol 66 (LXVI), Sept. 1804.…

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 35443

Bibliografische Details

Titel
A Synopsis of Practical Mathematics. containing Plain Trigonometry, Mensuration of Heights, Distances, Surfaces, and Solids; Surveying of Land, Gauging, Navigation, and Gunnery. with Tables of the Logarithms of Numbers, and the Sines and Tangents. For the use of Schools and Men of Business
Autor
EWING, Alexander
Verlag
Printed for J. & J. Fairbairn, and A. Guthrie, Edinburgh
Erscheinungsjahr
1791
Einband
Softcover

Babylon Revisited Rare Books

Northampton, MA, USA

Verkäufer/-in mit 4 Sternen

AbeBooks-Verkäufer/-in seit 30. November 2000

Versandkosten innerhalb von USA

Artikel3 bis 6 Werktage3 bis 6 Werktage
Erster ArtikelEUR 8,79EUR 8,79
Die Versandzeiten werden von den Verkäuferinnen und Verkäufern festgelegt. Sie variieren je nach Versanddienstleister und Standort. Sendungen, die den Zoll passieren, können Verzögerungen unterliegen. Eventuell anfallende Abgaben oder Gebühren sind von der Käuferin bzw. dem Käufer zu tragen. Die Verkäuferin bzw. der Verkäufer kann Sie bezüglich zusätzlicher Versandkosten kontaktieren, um einen möglichen Anstieg der Versandkosten für Ihre Artikel auszugleichen.

Zahlungsarten

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • PayPal
  • Vorauskasse
  • Zahlungsanweisung

Shopbeschreibung

We strive to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. With over 12,000 such titles in our inventory, it is one of the largest ¿for sale¿ collections of such material in the world. While our specialty is Jazz Age and Depression Era literature, we also maintain a growing collection of Children's and 19th Century Literature. We pride themselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in all fields of literature. …

Spezialisierung

Jazz Age Fiction, Modern Literature, War Fiction, Adventure Fiction, Science Fiction, Depression Era Fiction, 19th Century Literature, Western Fiction, Nautical Fiction, Mystery Fiction

Unternehmensdaten der Verkäuferin bzw. des Verkäufers

Babylon Revisited Rare Books

MA, USA