Mathematicks made easie. Or a compleat Mathematical Dictionary, explaining All the Parts of the Mathematicks, with all the Terms of Art, and difficult Phrases rendred plain and easie to every Capacity. Collected from Monsieur Ozanam’s Dictionaire Mathematique, Vitalis, and others; with an Appendix containing the Quantities of all Sorts of Weights and Measures, the Characters and Meaning of the Marks and Symbols, or Abreviations commonly used in Algebra. Also The Definition, Explanation, Nature and Meaning of the Principal Mathematical Instruments, illustrated on Copper Cuts, curiously Engraven.

Moxon, Joseph and Tuttel, Thomas and Ozanam, Jacques (1705-1705): Mathematicks made easie. Or a compleat Mathematical Dictionary, explaining All the Parts of the Mathematicks, with all the Terms of Art, and difficult Phrases rendred plain and easie to every Capacity. Collected from Monsieur Ozanam’s Dictionaire Mathematique, Vitalis, and others; with an Appendix containing the Quantities of all Sorts of Weights and Measures, the Characters and Meaning of the Marks and Symbols, or Abreviations commonly used in Algebra. Also The Definition, Explanation, Nature and Meaning of the Principal Mathematical Instruments, illustrated on Copper Cuts, curiously Engraven. 1 vol., 4th ed., [XXIV], 193 p., London. Definitions (n. p., 1 page just before the main body), 8°,

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Mathematicks made easie. Or a compleat Mathematical Dictionary, explaining All the Parts of the Mathematicks, with all the Terms of Art, and difficult Phrases rendred plain and easie to every Capacity. Collected from Monsieur Ozanam’s Dictionaire Mathematique, Vitalis, and others; with an Appendix containing the Quantities of all Sorts of Weights and Measures, the Characters and Meaning of the Marks and Symbols, or Abreviations commonly used in Algebra. Also The Definition, Explanation, Nature and Meaning of the Principal Mathematical Instruments, illustrated on Copper Cuts, curiously Engraven.

Paramount title:

Ozanam Dictionnaire mathématique

Authors:

Creators
Moxon, Joseph
Tuttel, Thomas
Ozanam, Jacques

Publisher:

W. Hawes

Place of Publication:

London

Edition:

4th ed.

Year:

From	To
1705	1705

Volumes:

1 vol.

Format:

8°

Number of pages:

[XXIV], 193 p.

illustrations:

Definitions (n. p., 1 page just before the main body)

Language:

English

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Ozanam, Jacques (1691-1691): Dictionnaire mathématique ou idée générale des mathematiques. Dans lequel sont contenus les termes de cette science, outre plusieurs termes des Arts & des autres sciences, avec des raisonnemens qui conduisent peu à peu l’esprit à une connoissance universelle des Mathématiques. Par M. Ozanam, Professeur des Mathématiques du Roy Très-Chrétien à Paris. 1 vol., 1st ed., [XIV p.], 739 p., Amsterdam. frontispiece, vignette on p. III, p. 1, copper-plates after p. 118, 128, 134, 252, 514, 515, 520, 522, 524, 525, 546, 548, 550, 566, 573, 574, 576, 580, 610, 618, 619, 620, 625, various diagrams and sketches throughout the volume, 4°,

Translated from:

French

Translated by:

Translated by
Moxon, Joseph
Tuttel, Thomas

Prefaces:

To the Reader (p. [III-VIII]), Of the Mathematicks in General, &c. By way of Introduction (p. [IX-XVI]), Mathematical Defintions (p. [XVII-XXIV])

Other paratexts:

An appendix of Weights, Measures, &c. (p. 182-189), Signs, or Symbols now commonly used by some Algebraical Writers (p. 190-191), A Catalogue of Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial, Spheres, Maps, Sea-Plats, Mathematical Instruments, and Books (p. 192-193)

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http://encyclopaedias.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/231

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