Popular Mathematics: Being the First Elements of Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry, in Their Relations and Uses (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from Popular Mathematics: Being the First Elements of Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry, in Their Relations and Uses Though the subjects treated of in this volume, have, individually, and more especially in the relations which subsist between them, engaged my attention more ftc quently, more deeply, and I may add more delightfully, than any other subjects of a scientific nature, which I have made the object of thought and though very many years have elapsed since I first felt the want and the desire of possessing some such book - and even since I came to the resolution of attempting its production, and had in some sort sketched its plan - yet, I fear, and indeed feel, that the execution of it stands more in need of a preface, or explanation, or apology, than any work which I have hitherto attempted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |