Product Description
Biographers of Sir Isaac Newton make particular mention of five mathematical books which he read while a young student at Cambridge, namely, Euclid's Elements, Descartes's Geometrie, Viete's Works, Van Schooten's Miscellanies, and Oughtred's Clavis mathematicae. The last of these books has been receiving increasing attention from the historians of algebra in recent years. We have prepared this sketch because we felt that there were points of interest in the life and activity of Oughtred which have not received adequate treatment. Historians have discussed his share in the development of symbolic algebra, but some have fallen into errors, due to inability to examine the original editions of Oughtred's Clavis mathematicae, which are quite rare and inaccessible to most readers. Moreover, historians have failed utterly to recognize his inventions of mathematical instruments, particularly the slide rule; they have completely overlooked his educational views and his ideas on mathematical teaching. The modern reader may pause with profit to consider briefly the career of this interesting man. - This is an unabridged, digitally enlarged printing to include a comprehensive index. ... Read more

Product Description
EARLY HISTORY OF LOGIC, SCIENCE AND MATH. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The "hard sciences" developed exponentially during the 16th and 17th centuries, both relying upon centuries of tradition and adding to the foundation of modern application, as is evidenced by this extensive collection. This is a rich collection of practical mathematics as applied to business, carpentry and geography as well as explorations of mathematical instruments and arithmetic; logic and logicians such as Aristotle and Socrates; and a number of scientific disciplines from natural history to physics.

++++
The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++

An addition vnto the vse of the instrument called the circles of proportion, for the working of nauticall questions Together with certaine necessary considerations and advertisements touching navigation.
Oughtred, William, 1575-1660.
By William Oughtred.
Issued with the various states of his: The circles of proportion and the horizontal instrument.
Includes tables.
Errata pages at end.
[2], 74, [4] p. :
London : Printed by Augustine Mathewes, 1633.
STC (2nd ed.) / 18899c
English
Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library ... Read more

Product Description
General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1916Original Publisher: The Open court publishing companySubjects: MathematicsMathematiciansBiography ... Read more

Product Description
This Book Is In Latin. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text. ... Read more

Product Description
This Book Is In Latin. Due To The Very Old Age And Scarcity Of This Book, Many Of The Pages May Be Hard To Read Due To The Blurring Of The Original Text. ... Read more

Product Description
Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Marie De' Medici, Arbella Stuart, Jakob Böhme, John Robinson, Rory Ó Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Guido Reni, William Oughtred, Cyril Tourneur, Robert Hayman, Bartol Kašić, Patrick Hamilton, Robert Heath, Richard Carpenter, Nathaniel Brent, John White, Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, David Lindsay, Ivan Lukačić, John Cotta, Johann Carolus, François Véron, Augustine Baker, Michelagnolo Galilei, Lope Díez de Armendáriz, Marqués de Cadereyta, Sabatino de Ursis, Concino Concini, James Davis, William Vaughan, Pierre de Bérulle, Taranatha, William Burton (Antiquary, Died 1645), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, Francesco Molin, Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre, Ephraim Pagit, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau, Robert Tounson, Giovanni Andrea Donducci, Walter Curle, Terenzio Terenzi, David Calderwood, William Sclater, Honda Tadamasa, Hendrick Van Balen, Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath, Jan Leeghwater, Henri de Schomberg, Jacob Hoefnagel, John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis, Gaspar Hurtado, John Augustus, Count Palatine of Lützelstein, Maarten Pepyn, Jan Wężyk, Ramboldo, Count of Collalto, Louis Iii, Cardinal of Guise, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Jean Châtel, Francis Vyvyan, Floris Van Dyck, Anna Kostka, Edward Fuller, Marcello Provenzale, Augustine Bradshaw, Keakealanikane, Robert Dover, Chōsokabe Morichika, Tommaso Sandrino, Sir Robert Ducie, 1st Baronet, Empress Xiao Ci, Sir Claudius Forster, 1st Baronet, Anna of Holstein-Gottorp, Andrzej Opaliński, Jacobus Sinapius, Christoph Strauss, David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, Tommaso Salini, Patrick Anderson, Diego Salcedo, Lelio Biscia. Source: Wikiped...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=458312 ... Read more

Product Description
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Datchet, People From Eton, Anthony Berry, William Oughtred, Adrian Jack, George E. Davis, Arthur Shipley, Bruce Tulloh. Excerpt: William Oughtred (5 March 1574 30 June 1660) was an English mathematician. After John Napier invented logarithms, and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales (lines, or rules) upon which slide rules are based, it was Oughtred who first used two such scales sliding by one another to perform direct multiplication and division; and he is credited as the inventor of the slide rule in 1622. Oughtred also introduced the "×" symbol for multiplication as well as the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for the sine and cosine functions. Oughtred was born at Eton in Buckinghamshire (now part of Berkshire), and educated there and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became fellow. Being admitted to holy orders, he left the University of Cambridge about 1603, for a living at Shalford; he was presented in 1610 to the rectory of Albury, near Guildford in Surrey, where he settled. About 1628 he was appointed by the Earl of Arundel to instruct his son in mathematics. He corresponded with some of the most eminent scholars of his time, including William Alabaster, Sir Charles Cavendish, and William Gascoigne. He kept up regular contacts with Gresham College, where he knew Henry Briggs and Gunter. He offered free mathematical tuition to pupils, who included Richard Delamain, and Jonas Moore, making him an influential teacher of a generation of mathematicians. Seth Ward resided with Oughtred for six months to learn contemporary mathematics, and the physician Charles Scarburgh also stayed at Albury; John Wallis, and Christopher Wren corresponded with him. Another Albury pupil was Robert Wood, who helped him get the Clav... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=475249 ... Read more

Product Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

Product Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
++++
The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++
British Library

T099150



London : printed for Ralph Smith, 1702. [4],208p. ; 8° ... Read more

Product Description
This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 419 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

Product Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

Product Description
This Book Is In Latin. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text. ... Read more

Product Description
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control. ... Read more

Product Description
This Book Is In Latin. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text. ... Read more

Product Description
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control. ... Read more

Product Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

Product Description
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control. ... Read more

Product Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more