philosophical mathematical dictionary… new edition von hutton charles (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. HUTTON, CHARLES (1737-1823). A philosophical and mathematical dictionary A new edition, with numerous Additions and improvements. London: for the Author, 1815. SECOND (last) EDITION. 4 to. The text volumes in contemp. calf, sometime rebacked, and the plate volume in contemp. lea.-backed boards. viii, 760; ii, 628 pp. Engraved frontisportrait, vol. 1 +forty-one engraved plates + numerous text woodcuts. PRESENTATION COPY to the author's close friend, J. B. Wise, inscribed by Hutton in all three volumes. In addition, there is a long letter tipped into vol. 1 penned by Hutton on 8 March 1815 to "My Dear & Worthy Friend" (conjugate leaf addressed to J. B. Wise, Boyn Hill). He complains of the medical hardships his wife endured that winter and of the death of his grandson of 15 while in their care. During this, he notes he occupied himself with correcting the proof sheets for this new edition of his dictionary. The letter and a copy of the new edition of his 'Recreations' were made ready for Wise's son to collect them. On p. 474 of vol. 1 is a handsomely lettered 6-line addition in the margin initialed by Wise; on p. 696 is a 3-line comment on the calendar. In vol. 2, p. 67 is a marginal correction on the Moon's age; on p. 137 an addition to a planetary orbital table and a similar on p. 194. Hutton cites his "ingenious friend," J. B. Wise at least twice in the text for Wise's contributions to the articles on Magic Squares and the Geometry of the Compasses. The volumes have some edge wear, more so the plate volume; still, a very good, special set. An important copy of Charles Hutton's useful scientific dictionary. He was professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, elected F.R.S. in 1774. Hutton's large mathematical dictionary first appeared in 1795-96 and "is probably the best known of Hutton's works. the dictionary has served as a valuable source for historians of mathematics." (D.S.B.). "a splendid monument of late eighteenth-century Newtonianism and a most useful source, also sets out the kinetic theory of heat, that is the effect of motion of particles." (D. Knight, 'Natural Science Books in English', 1972, p. 154). "a valuable contribution to scientific biography" (Encyclo. Brit., 13th ed.). This second edition adds four plates and a portrait of Hutton. Plate 14 is a full-page engraving of Herschel's telescope. Signed by Author(s).