Pleasure with profit consisting of recreations of divers kinds, viz. numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to recreate ingenious spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like) sublime sciences. And to divert them from following such vices, to which youth (in this age) are so much inclin'd. By William Leybourn, philomathes. To this work is also annext, A treatise of algebra, according to the late improvements, applied to numerical questions and geometry; with a new series for the speedy extraction of roots; as also a converging series for all manner of adsected equations. By R. Sault, master of the mathematick school in Adam's-Court, in Broadstreet, near the Royal Exchange, London
Language: English Publication details: London printed for Richard Baldwin, and John Dunton; near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane: and at the Raven in the Poultrey 1694Description: [2], VI, [4] 56, 68, 31, [1], 24, 63, [1], 28, 13, 2-10, 9, [1], 11, [1], 26, [4], 52 p., [2] leaves of plates diagrams, ill. 2oSubject(s): Summary: Each section with separate pagination and some sections with separate register.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Book | Historic collection Historic collection | FOLIO 1694 LEYBOURN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 30075944 |
Each section with separate pagination and some sections with separate register.