Arithmetica universalis,: sive de compositione et resolution arithmetica liber. Cui accessit Halleiana aequationum radices arithmeticae inveniendi metodus...
by [Newton, Isaac; William Whiston; Edmond Halley]
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Cambridge and London: Typis Academicis; Benj. Tooke, 1707. First edition. Very Good. Octavo (19cm); [8], 343, [1] pages (the last page blank) . Figure and diagrams in text. Running-title: Algebrae elementa. Editor's preface signed: G.W. [i.e. William Whiston]. In contemporary paneled calf, rebacked with new burgundy morocco spine label. Edges of boards rubbed. Early ink ownership inscriptions on blank endleaves (the contemporary autograph of Edward Harington, and the 19th-century mathematician William Fleetwood Sheppard). Half-title present. References: Babson Newton Collection; 199; ESTC; T018645; Bowes and Bowes, 277.
William Whiston (the successor to Newton's chair at Cambridge) "extracted from Newton a somewhat reluctant permission to print" this remarkable "schoolbook" based on Newton's lecture notes (Babson Catalogue). So reluctant, in fact, that Newton kept his name out of it, and supposedly considered purchasing the press run in order to destroy it! (He later republished it himself.) Several new theorems are laid out, including a formula to determine the number of imaginary roots of any equation. The rule is complicated and is offered without proof. Yet, 180 years later, the rule was proven by rigorous analysis. The text also includes Edmond Halley's "Aequationum radices arithmetice inveniendi methodus.
William Whiston (the successor to Newton's chair at Cambridge) "extracted from Newton a somewhat reluctant permission to print" this remarkable "schoolbook" based on Newton's lecture notes (Babson Catalogue). So reluctant, in fact, that Newton kept his name out of it, and supposedly considered purchasing the press run in order to destroy it! (He later republished it himself.) Several new theorems are laid out, including a formula to determine the number of imaginary roots of any equation. The rule is complicated and is offered without proof. Yet, 180 years later, the rule was proven by rigorous analysis. The text also includes Edmond Halley's "Aequationum radices arithmetice inveniendi methodus.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6325
- Title
- Arithmetica universalis,
- Author
- [Newton, Isaac; William Whiston; Edmond Halley]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Typis Academicis; Benj. Tooke
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge and London
- Date Published
- 1707
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Algebra Arithmetic Mathematics Equations imaginary roots
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Long Eighteenth Century;
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