Outline of Projective Geometry by Garner, Lynn E - 1981-01-01

Fenwick Thomas. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Subterraneous Surveying, and the Magnetic Variation of the Needle, S Hodgson Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1804. 1st Edition. 8vo. Contemporary Tree Calf, recent re-back and new headbands. PP207,title page watermarked 1801, seven folding plates of engineering and mathematical diagrams. Neat, early ownership mark on front pastedown of George Wayne M.E. Skillful repairs to three plates, with very small loss on one plate mainly to blank and fold line area. Pages lightly browned in clean and bright order throughout. A rare early work on mine surveying.

London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1831 A collection of papers from the Library of Useful Knowledge bound in one volume. DeMorgan is best known for DeMorgan's Theorem (!A AND !B) == !(A OR B), which forms the basis of the modern technique used to miniaturise complex digital circuits, and thus delivers the extremely high density computing power of the today's microprocessor.

His work on probabilities is a land mark piece of mathematical theory that formed the basis of the actuarial calculations of life insurance policy risks. This is the rare first edition of this work, which appeared in the Library of Useful Knowledge. These were a series of learned papers prepared by the leading scientists and academics of the day, each being either 64 or 32 pages long – and sold at low cost to provide a source for knowledge “for the working man”. They were published by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK).

The series was purchased by Longman Green, and re-issued under… Read More

Springer-Verlag, 1972. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings; Repaired Rear Hinge; Corners, Spine Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Boards, Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: None. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. SUB-TITLE: Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen Band 180. ALSO KNOWN AS: Title of the Russian Original Edition: Osnovy sovremennoi teorii potenciala. Publisher: "Nauka", Moscow 1966. TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY: A. P. Doohovskoy. GESCHAFTSFUHRENDE HERAUSGEBER: B. Eckmann, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich; B. L. van der Waerden. Mathematisches Institut der Universitat Zurich. CONTENTS: Introduction; Chapter I. Potentials and their basic properties; Chapter II. Capacity and equilibrium measure; Chapter III. Sets of capacity zero. Sequences… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [4] p., 1 leaf of a handcolored engraved leaf: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on June 27, 1834. Mathematician Eugenius Nulty (1790-1871), a professor of mathematics at Dickinson College from 1814 to 1816, was one of the first actuarial scientists with the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company and provided mathematical assistance to the United States Coast Survey. In this paper he examines what was known as the Magic Circle of Benjamin Franklin. Very scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume; light foxing; minor shadow from plate onto first page of text; otherwise, clean and bright.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., 1897. Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine gilt, black coated endpapers. Lightly rubbed at the extremities, spine a little rolled and darkened with some minor wear at the ends, contents slightly toned. A very good copy. First edition, first printing. Author Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was the daughter of a rector who encouraged her interest in mathematics. At eighteen the logician George Boole became her tutor, and she wrote later that it was his book on logic which made her fall in love with him. In 1855 they were married and moved to Cork, where he was teaching. George encouraged Mary "to attend his lectures and improve her knowledge of mathematics. He read his book on differential equations to her, altering it until the language was completely clear to her" (Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science). Following George's death, Mary became a matron at Queens College and developed an interested in mathematical education. "Her collected works,… Read More

Fenwick Thomas. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Subterraneous Surveying, and the Magnetic Variation of the Needle, S Hodgson Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1804. 1st Edition. 8vo. Contemporary Tree Calf, recent re-back and new headbands. PP207,title page watermarked 1801, seven folding plates of engineering and mathematical diagrams. Neat, early ownership mark on front pastedown of George Wayne M.E. Skillful repairs to three plates, with very small loss on one plate mainly to blank and fold line area. Pages lightly browned in clean and bright order throughout. A rare early work on mine surveying.

London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1831 A collection of papers from the Library of Useful Knowledge bound in one volume. DeMorgan is best known for DeMorgan's Theorem (!A AND !B) == !(A OR B), which forms the basis of the modern technique used to miniaturise complex digital circuits, and thus delivers the extremely high density computing power of the today's microprocessor.

His work on probabilities is a land mark piece of mathematical theory that formed the basis of the actuarial calculations of life insurance policy risks. This is the rare first edition of this work, which appeared in the Library of Useful Knowledge. These were a series of learned papers prepared by the leading scientists and academics of the day, each being either 64 or 32 pages long – and sold at low cost to provide a source for knowledge “for the working man”. They were published by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK).

The series was purchased by Longman Green, and re-issued under… Read More

Springer-Verlag, 1972. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings; Repaired Rear Hinge; Corners, Spine Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Boards, Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: None. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. SUB-TITLE: Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen Band 180. ALSO KNOWN AS: Title of the Russian Original Edition: Osnovy sovremennoi teorii potenciala. Publisher: "Nauka", Moscow 1966. TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY: A. P. Doohovskoy. GESCHAFTSFUHRENDE HERAUSGEBER: B. Eckmann, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich; B. L. van der Waerden. Mathematisches Institut der Universitat Zurich. CONTENTS: Introduction; Chapter I. Potentials and their basic properties; Chapter II. Capacity and equilibrium measure; Chapter III. Sets of capacity zero. Sequences… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [4] p., 1 leaf of a handcolored engraved leaf: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on June 27, 1834. Mathematician Eugenius Nulty (1790-1871), a professor of mathematics at Dickinson College from 1814 to 1816, was one of the first actuarial scientists with the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company and provided mathematical assistance to the United States Coast Survey. In this paper he examines what was known as the Magic Circle of Benjamin Franklin. Very scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume; light foxing; minor shadow from plate onto first page of text; otherwise, clean and bright.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., 1897. Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine gilt, black coated endpapers. Lightly rubbed at the extremities, spine a little rolled and darkened with some minor wear at the ends, contents slightly toned. A very good copy. First edition, first printing. Author Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was the daughter of a rector who encouraged her interest in mathematics. At eighteen the logician George Boole became her tutor, and she wrote later that it was his book on logic which made her fall in love with him. In 1855 they were married and moved to Cork, where he was teaching. George encouraged Mary "to attend his lectures and improve her knowledge of mathematics. He read his book on differential equations to her, altering it until the language was completely clear to her" (Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science). Following George's death, Mary became a matron at Queens College and developed an interested in mathematical education. "Her collected works,… Read More