An Elementary Treatise on Plane & Spherical Trigonometry, with their application to navigation, surveying, heights & distances, and spherical astronomy, and particularly adapted to explaining the construction of Bowditch's navigator, and the nautical almanac
- Hardcover
- Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1840
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1840. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition in modern binding. Written by Benjamin Peirce (1809 - 1880), a professor at Harvard University for fifty years known for his contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and philosophy of mathematics. He is considered to be the Father of Pure Mathematics in America with his work directly influencing the study of mathematics in America. This is the first edition of his first book.
Bound in modern brown leatherette boards with gilt title, author, and date to spine. Dampstaining to bottom corners of first forty pages. Foxing throughout, browning to edges, and occasional spots of soiling. Includes five folding plates to rear. 438 pages plus plates. Small octavo. SCI/012725.
Bound in modern brown leatherette boards with gilt title, author, and date to spine. Dampstaining to bottom corners of first forty pages. Foxing throughout, browning to edges, and occasional spots of soiling. Includes five folding plates to rear. 438 pages plus plates. Small octavo. SCI/012725.