Pleasure with profit: consisting of recreations of divers kinds, viz., numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to recreate ingenious spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like) sublime sciences. And to divert them from following such vices, to which youth (in this age) are so much inclin'd. By William Leybourn, philomathes. To this work is also annext, A treatise of algebra, according to the late improvements, applied to numerical questions and geometry; with a new series for the speedy extractions of roots; as also a converging series for all manner of adfected equations. By R. Sault, master of the mathematical school in Adam's Court, in Broad-street, near the Royal Exchange, London.
| Author/creator | Leybourn, William |
| Other author | Sault, Richard, d. 1702. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for Nathaniel Rolls, at his Auction House in Petty-Cannon-Hall, near the north side of St. Paul's Church, 1695. |
| Description | [2], VI, [2], 56, [1], 86 [i.e., 68], 31, [1], 24, 63, [1], 28, 12, 10, 9, [1], 11, [1], 26; [4], 52 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240862852 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Treatise of algebra. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | "A treatise of algebra" has half title and separate register and pagination. |
| General note | Page 68 is misnumbered 86. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) L1932 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1761:35) |
| Stock number | CL0037000066 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |