A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical : shewing, the original, progreſs, and advancement thereof, from time to time : and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which now it is ...

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A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical : shewing, the original, progreſs, and advancement thereof, from time to time : and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which now it is ...

by John Wallis

Printed by John Playford, for Richard Davis, 1684-1685

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A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical : shewing, the original, progress, and advancement thereof, from time to time : and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which now it is

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"With some additional treatises, I. Of the Cono-cuneus ... II. Of angular sections ... III. Of the angle of contact ... IV. Of combinations, alternations, and aliquot parts"

The additional treatises have each a special title page

"A brief (but full) account of the doctrine of trigonometry, both plain and spherical" (17 p., 1685): Bound to between [pt. 2] and [pt. 3]

[pts. 1-2, 3] are dated 1684, [pt. 4] is dated 1685

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  • [pt. 1]: Cone-cuneus : or, the shipwright's circular wedge ... / by John Wallis
  • [pt. 2]: A treatise of angular sections / by John Wallis
  • A brief (but full) account of the doctrine of trigonometry, both plain and spherical / by John Caswell
  • [pt. 3]: A defense of the treatise of the angle of contact / by John Wallis
  • [pt. 4]: A discourse of combinations, alternations, and aliquot parts / by John Wallis

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