Mathematical recreations, or, A collection of many problems extracted out of the ancient and modern philosophers as secrets and experiments : in arithmetick, geometry, cosmography, horologiography, astronomy, navigation, musick, opticks, architecture, statick, mechanicks, chymistry, water-works, fire-works & c. : not vulgarly manifest till now / written first in Greek and Latin ; lately compil'd in French by Henry Van Etten and now in English ; with the examinations and augmentations of divers modern mathematicians ; whereunto is added The description and use of the double horizontal dyal and the general horological ring / invented and written by William Oughtred.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for William Leake and John Leake ..., 1674. |
| Description | [34], 282, 19 p. : ill. |
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| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Récréation mathématique. English. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Translation of Leurechon's Recreation mathematique. |
| General note | Henry Van Etten is pseud. of Jean Leurechon. |
| General note | Added engraved t.p., poem on the frontispiece (added t.p. and book) precede primary t.p. |
| General note | "The description and use of the double horizontal dyal" has separate t.p. and pagination. |
| General note | This item can be found at reels 1023:13 and 1465:30. |
| General note | Wing number O585 at reel position 1023:13 cancelled in Wing (2nd ed.). |
| General note | Reproduction of originals in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library and Huntington Library. |
| References | Wing L1791 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1023:13 and 1465:30) |
| Contains title | Description and use of the double horizontal dyal. |
| Other title | Mathematical recreations. |
| Other title | Collection of many problems extracted out of the ancient and modern philosophers. |
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