A short treatise on the conic sections  in which the three curves are derived from a general description on a plane, and the most useful properties of each are deduced from a common principle. By the Rev. T. Newton, M.A. fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

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Newton, Thomas, d. 1843.

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A short treatise on the conic sections in which the three curves are derived from a general description on a plane, and the most useful properties of each are deduced from a common principle. By the Rev. T. Newton, M.A. fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.