An Inaugural Oration, on the Progress and Importance of the Mathematical Sciences

by Walter Minto

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First edition

First edition. 51, 1, blank pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched, with evidence of prior binding at gutter edge. Minor foxing and staining. Sabin 49336; Karpinski 89 and fig. 96; Babson Newton Coll. 319; Evans 21260; Morsch 73; Felcone 140. Item #370463 The first American contribution to the history of mathematics, as well as the earliest American analysis and appreciation of the work of Isaac Newton Felcone .

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