Robert. The c, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth … Also the book of Euclid’s Data … To this tenth edition are also annexed Elements of plain and spherical trigonometry.

by SIMSON

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SIMSON, Robert. The Elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth … Also the book of Euclid’s Data … To this tenth edition are also annexed Elements of plain and spherical trigonometry. Edinburgh : Printed for E. Wingrove, London; and E. Balfour, Edinburgh . 1799. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, sometime rebacked and recornered, edges stained green; pp. vii, [9]–520, with 3 folding engraved plates and numerous in-text woodcut diagrams, ‘Notes critical and geometrical’, ‘Data’ and ‘Elements’ have separate titlepages; extremities and corners worn, lower board with abrasions, spine with a few small wormholes; light variable damp-staining, title-page a little soiled, but overall a very good, clean copy. Tenth edition of Simson’s The Elements of Euclid , the highly influential translation and commentary that shaped the teaching of geometry in Britain for more than a century. The Scottish mathematician Robert Simson (1687–1768) entered the University of Glasgow intending to join the ministry, but soon abandoned theology in favour of mathematics. In 1711, just days after receiving his MA, he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow, a chair he held for fifty years. Throughout his career, Simson devoted himself to the study and restoration of ancient Greek mathematical texts, particularly the works of Euclid and other geometers. First published in 1756 in both Latin and English, Simson’s edition of The Elements sought to reconstruct Euclid’s t

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