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].

  • Jean Leurechon
Date:
1633
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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