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Oughtred, William, 1575-1660

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  • William Oughtred. Line engraving.
  • Mathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • William Oughtred. Line engraving by [F. S.] after W. Hollar.
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    Mathematical recreations. Or a collection of sundrie problemes, extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers, as secrets in nature, and experiments in arithmeticke, geometrie ... etc / lately compiled in French, by Henry van Etten Gent. And now delivered in the English tongue [by William Oughtred].

    Leurechon, Jean, 1591-1670 | Date: 1633
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    Clavis mathematicae denvo limata, sive potius fabricata. Cum aliis quibusdam ejusdem commentationibus. Quae in sequenti pagina recensentur / [William Oughtred].

    Oughtred, William, 1575-1660. | Date: 1667
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    Guilelmi Oughtred ... Opuscula mathematica hactenus inedita / [William Oughtred].

    Oughtred, William, 1575-1660. | Date: 1677
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    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 ... &c. ... / Written first in Greek and Latin, lately compil'd in French by Henry van Etten [pseud.], and now in English ... Whereunto is added the description and use of the double horizontal dyal, and the general horological ring: invented and written by William Oughtred.

    Leurechon, Jean, 1591-1670. | Date: 1674
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