This is a circa eighteenth-century copybook with problems and illustrations in algebra and geometry. There are sections on extraction of the cube root, geometrical definitions of lines and angles, and first rudiments and preparatory problems in plane geometry.
Provenance
Purchased from Robert F. Batchelder for (cat. 44, no. 255; $150.00) and accessioned, 11/23/1983 (1983 1598ms).
General physical description
1 volume, 45 p.
Early American History Note
This eighteenth-century notebook on math contains graphs and solutions to problems. The rule for cube roots is also contained.
Genre(s)
- Copybooks.
- Educational Material
- Notebooks
- Workbooks.
Subject(s)
- Algebra.
- Education
- Geometry.
- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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