British mathematician and clergyman (1746–1831)

4 unnumbered pages, vii, 190 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : portrait ; (4to)

Account of the life and writings of Robert Simson, M.D., late professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow / By the Rev. William Trail.

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Account of the life and writings of Robert Simson, M.D., late professor of mathematics in the University of Glasgow / By the Rev. William Trail.