Εικόνες σελίδας
PDF
Ηλεκτρ. έκδοση

The books most freely used are, "Cours de géométrie élémentaire, par A. J. H. Vincent et M. Bourdon;" "Géométrie théorique et pratique, etc., par H. Sonnet; " "Die reine elementar-mathematik, von Dr. Martin Ohm;" and "Treatise on Geometry and its application to the Arts, by Rev. D. Lardner."

Occasional use has been made of the works of Schlömilch, Briot, Bobillier, Leslie, and Lund; also, of Blanchet's edition of Legendre, Prouhet's edition of Lacroix, and Law's and Lardner's editions of Euclid. The works of Bland, Colenso, and Potts have been used for the selection of exercises.

A large portion of the work has been used in class instruction, and the author takes pleasure in acknowledging that many valuable hints have been received from his pupils.

The subject is divided into chapters, and the articles are numbered continuously through the entire work. The convenience of this arrangement for purposes of reference, has caused it to be adopted at the present day by a large majority of writers upon Geometry, as it had been already by writers on other scientific subjects.

If this treatise shall contribute to render the study of Geometry less complex, and more interesting to the student, and hence lead to a wider cultivation and more thorough knowledge of this branch of mathematics, the chief object of the author in its preparation will have been accomplished.

MOUNT AUBURN INSTITUTE,}

March, 1864.

ELI T. TAPPAN.

[blocks in formation]
[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
« ΠροηγούμενηΣυνέχεια »