Short, but yet plain elements of geometry shewing how by a brief and easie method, most of what is necessary and useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Appollonius, and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood / written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris.

  • Ignace-Gaston Pardies
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1734
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Credit: Short, but yet plain elements of geometry shewing how by a brief and easie method, most of what is necessary and useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Appollonius, and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood / written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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