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[Mathematics]
A geometrical treatise of the conic sections, in which the properties of the sections are derived from the nature of the cone, in an easy manner, and by a new method.
London, J. Nourse, 1773
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4to: xv-[1]-211-[3] pp.; 17 folding plates (some foxing).
Contemp. calf (rebacked, edges and corners bumped).
1st English edition of the Latin original (1st ed.: 1758) by the mathematician H. Hamilton (1729-1805); this treatise on conic sections was largely acclaimed for its lucidity.
Ref. Not in Hamilton.
Prov. "W.N. Cooper" (ms.).
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