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| 100 | 1 | # | $a Euclid |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a The Elements of Euclid : $b with Dissertations intended to assist and encourage a critical examination of these Elements, as the most effectual means of establishing a juster taste upon mathematical subjects, than that which at present prevails. / $c by James Williamson. |
| 260 | # | # | $a Oxford $b Printed at the Clarendon Press $c MDCCLXXXI-MDCCLXXXVIII $c [1781-1788] |
| 300 | # | # | $a 2 vols bound together: $b illus.; $c 275 mm. |
| 500 | # | # | $a The work contains the 13 books of the Elements and 9 dissertations by Williamson, numbered 1 to 9. Whereas volume I was printed in Oxford at the Clarendon Press, volume II was printed in London by T. Spilsbury. Volum 1: [2], iii, [1], 96, 1-145, [1], 68 p.; volume 2: [2], xxiii, [1], 367 p. Erratum at end of p. 367 (vol. II). |
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$a Contents of vol. 1: Dedication to Richard Burke, Esq.; Dissertation 1 -- Dissertation 2 -- Dissertation 3 -- Dissertation 4 -- Dissertation 5 -- Book I. Geometry of triangles and circles; transformation of regions -- Book II. Geometry of the rectangle and the square -- Book III. Circles, their tangents and diameters -- Book IV. Regular n-gons in and around circles -- Book V. Basic properties of proportions about geometric magnitudes -- Book VI. Similarity of rectangular figures in the plane -- The conclusion. Contents of vol. 2: Dissertation 7 -- Book VII. Basic definitions and properties of integers -- Book VIII. Numbers in continued proportion -- Book IX. Number theory -- Book X. Commensurable and rational lines and regions, binomials and apotomes, anthyphairesis -- Dissertation 8 -- Book II. Solid geometry: solids, spheres, angles -- Book XII. Regions and solids: polygons, cones and cylinders -- Book XIII. The five regular solids -- Dissertation 9. |
| 561 | # | # | $a Presented to the RA Library by George Aitchison RA, 1909. |
| 561 | # | # | $a On front pastedown: University College, London examination prize awarded to George Aitchison, 'being the Prize in the Class of Mathematics (Lower Junior)' for the Session 1848-49. With ex-libris book-label of George Aitchison ARA. |
| 563 | # | # | $a Brown quarter leather binding with University College London stamp on front board brown cloth. Spine lettered in gilt on black label, 'Williamson's / Euclid'. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Euclid. Elements Criticism and interpretation - Mathematics, Greek - Geometry ; Early works to 1800 - Proportion ; Early works to 1800 - Trigonometry ; Early works to 1800 - Euclid's Elements ; Early works to 1800 |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Williamson, James $e contributor |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Spilsbury, Thomas $e printer |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Oxford University Press $e printer |