ELEMENTS OF ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA. For the Use of the Royal Military College. BY WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A. F.R.A.S. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE INSTITUTION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1844. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following Treatise on the Elements of Arithmetic and Algebra is the first of a series which is to constitute a General Course of Mathematics for the use of the gentlemen cadets and the officers in the senior department of this Institution. The course, when completed, will comprehend the subjects whose titles are subjoined: I. Arithmetic and Algebra. II. Geometry. III. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with Mensuration. IV. Analytical Geometry and the Differential and Integral Calculus, with the Properties of the Conic Sections. V. Practical Astronomy and Geodesy. VI. The Principles of Mechanics; and VII. Physical Astronomy. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, 1844. *Published. |