Mathematicall recreations. Or a collection of sundrie problemes, extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers, as secrets in nature, and experiments in arithmeticke, geometrie, cosmographie, horolographie, astronomie, navigation, musicke, opticks, architecture, staticke, machanicks, chimestrie, waterworkes, fireworks, &c. ... Most of which were written first in Greeke and Latine, lately compiled in French, by Henry Van Etten Gent. And now delivered in the English tongue, with the examinations, corrections, and augmentations:
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Main Author: Etten, Hendrik van (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Printed at London By T. Cotes, for Richard Hawkins, dwelling in Chancery Lane, neere the Rowles 1633
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Item Description:A translation of: Récréation mathématicque. - Identified as STC 15530 on UMI microfilm. - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - STC (2nd ed.), 10558.5. - Sometimes attributed to Jean Leurechon. - The translation is sometimes attributed to Francis Malthus or, wrongly, to William Oughtred. - With an additional title page, engraved, preceded by a letterpress explanation, and a final license leaf
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