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The new royal road to geometry, and familiar introduction to the mathematics. Part I. Elements of Geometry Abridged. Containing the whole Substance of Euclid's first six, the eleventh and twelfth Books; with many other, useful and valuable, Theorems; treated in the most brief, easy, and intelligent manner; being an attempt to render the knowledge of that most useful and necessary Science more general. With Notes interspersed, critical, explanatory, and instructive. By Thomas Malton, Sen. To which is annexed, an Appendix, on the Theory of Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, as deduced from the Elements; with some Properties of Ellipses demonstrated.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]
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Elements of geometry; with their application to the mensuration of superficies and solids, to the determination of the maxima and minima of geometrical quantities, and to the Construction of a great Variety of Geometrical Problems. By Thomas Simpson, F. R. S. And Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm.
Simpson, Thomas, 1710-1761.Date: 1800
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An introduction to mensuration, and practical geometry, with notes, containing the reason of every rule. By John Bonnycastle, ...
Bonnycastle, John, approximately 1760-1821.Date: [1798]
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Elements of geometry, translated from the French of J. J. Rossignol, Professor Of Mathematics In The University Of Milan.
Rossignol, abbé (Jean Joseph), 1726-1807.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]
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Elements of geometry, translated from the French of J. J. Rossignol, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Milan.
Rossignol, Jean Joseph.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]
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An introduction to mensuration, and practical geometry, with notes, containing the reason of every rule. By John Bonnycastle, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Bonnycastle, John, approximately 1760-1821.Date: [1798]
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An introduction to mensuration, and practical geometry. With notes, containing the reason of every rule, concisely and clearly demonstrated. By John Bonnycastle, Author of the Scholar's Guide to Arithmetic.
Bonnycastle, John, approximately 1760-1821.Date: 1782
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The elements of geometry, in which the principal propositions of Euclid, Archimedes, and others, are demonstrated after the most easy manner. To which is added, a collection of useful geometrical problems. Also, the Doctrine of Proportion, Arithmetical and Geometrical. Together with a general Method of arguing by proportional Quantities. By William Emerson.
Emerson, William, 1701-1782.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]
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An introduction to geometry. Containing the most useful propositions in Euclid, and other authors. Demonstrated in a clear and easy Method, for the Use of Learners. By William Payne.
Payne, William, teacher of mathematics.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]
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The harmony of the ancient and modern geometry asserted: In answer to the call of the author of the analyst upon the celebrated mathematicians of the present age, to clear up what he stiles, their obscure analytics.
Paman, Roger, -1748.Date: M,DCC,XLV. [1745]
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry. ... Writen [sic] in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And rendred into English, by John Harris M.A. and F.R.S.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: 1705
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Practical geometry, for the use of the Royal Military Academy, at Woolwich. By I. Landmann, Professor of Fortification and Artillery.
Landmann, Isaac, 1741-1826.Date: 1798
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry and plain trigometry [sic]. ... Written in French by F. Ignatius Gaston Pardies. And now rendred into English from the fourth and last edition. By John Harris M.A. and F.R.S. With many additions, and improvements: ... accommodated to ... young beginners.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: 1701
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Geometry made easy: or, a new and methodical explanation of the elemnets [sic] of geometry. Containing Euclid's Elements, and the most material propositions of Archimedes, ... By John Lodge Cowley, ... By whom is added, a curious and exact method of representing the variou kinds of solids, and their sections, by new invented schemes, which are printed upon paste board, ...
Cowley, John Lodge, 1719-1797.Date: 1752
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry. Shewing How by a Brief and Easie Method, most of what is necessary and Useful in Euclide, Archimedes, Apollonius, and other Excellent Geometricians, both Ancient and Modern, may be Understood. Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And rendred into English, by Johh [sic] Harris, D. D. And Secretary to the Royal Society.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: MDCCXI. [1711]
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Short, but yet Plain elements of Geometry. Shewing How by a Brief and Easie Method, most of what is Necessary and Useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and other Excellent Geometricians, both Ancient and Modern, may be Understood. Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris, D.D. And Secretary to the Royal Society.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]
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Short but yet plain elements of geometry. Shewing how by a brief and easy method, most of what is necessary and useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood. Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris, D. D. and Secretary to the Royal Society.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry. Shewing How by a Brief and Easie Method, most of what is Necessary and Useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and other Excellent Geometricians, both Ancient and Modern, may be Understood. Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris, D.D. And Secretary to the Royal Society.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry. Shewing how by a brief and easie method, most of what is necessary and useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Appollonius, and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood. Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. and rendred into English. By John Harris, D.D. and secretary to the Royal Society.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: 1734
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Elements of geometry; in which all the material propositions in the first six, eleventh, and twelfth books of Euclid, are demonstrated with Conciseness and Perspicuity: by William Scott.
Scott, William (Mathematician)Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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Elements of mathematics. Comprehending geometry. Conic sections. Mensuration. Spherics. Illustrated with 30 copper-plates. For the use of schools. By John West, Assistant Teacher of Mathematics in the University of St. Andrews.
West, John, 1756-1818.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]
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Mathematical principles, containing the elements of geometry, so digested as to render both the practical and theoretical parts familiar and easy to youth; And, To convey so much of the Science in general, as may be necessary to those of riper Years, who may be restricted in point of Time. The whole selected from Euclid, and the most eminent authors, and particularly calculated to be extremely useful in Schools. By Sisson Putland Darling, Principal of the Mercantile, Nautical and Military Academy, in Mabbot-Street, Dublin.
Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry and plain trigonometry. Shewing how by a brief and easie method, all that is necessary and useful in euclide, archimedes, apollonius and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood. Written in French by F. Ignatius Gaston Pardies. And now rendred into English from the fourth and last edition. By John Harris M.A. and F.R.S. with many additions, and improvements: the whole being accommodated to the capacities of young beginners.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: 1701
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Short, but yet plain elements of geometry and plain trigometry. Shewing How by a Brief and Easie Method, most of what is Necessary and Useful in Euclide, Archimedes, Apollonius and other Excellent Geometricians, both Ancient and Modern, may be Understood. Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And rendred into English, by John Harris M.A. and F.R.S.
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.Date: 1702
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Practical geometry: Or, A new and easy method of treating that art. Whereby the practice of it is rendered plain and familiar, and the student is directed in the most easy manner through the several parts and progressions of it. Translated from the French of Monsieur S. Le Clerc. The fifth edition. Illustrated with eighty copper-plates. Wherein, besides the several geometrical figures, are contained may examples of landskips, pieces of architecture, perspective, draughts of figures, ruins, &c.
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]