THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE: FOR OCTOBER, 1737

London: E. Cave, 1737. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [579]-[642] pages. In Very Good condition Bound in 20th-century quarter blue cloth with unmarked spine and paper-covered boards. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Text block with light plus age toning, somewhat more significant at edges. Bookplate of a previous owner to front pastedown. BB Consignment. Shelved in Room A. Pages 611-616 include a submission from a N. Facio Duillier (probably Nicolas Fatio de Duillier) on accurately calculating the Sun's parallax - a key issue in solving the "Longitudinal Problem". The questions being sketch out here by Duillier were later published in an article for Miscellanea curiosa mathematica (vol. II, no. 1; 1745) entitled: "Four theorems, with their demonstration, for determining accurately the sun's parallax". De Duillier published previously on the same question in the July 1737 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine. 1394681. Special Collections.