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The Mathematical Writings of Duncan Farquharson Gregory (edited by William Walton)
Gregory, Duncan Farquharson (edited by William Walton & a memoir by Robert Leslie Ellis)
Language: English
Published by Deighton Bell and Co., Cambridge, 1865
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- First Edition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United KingdomEdinburgh Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition. 1865. First edition. xxiv, 267pp., a frontispiece portrait of Gregory and a folding plate at the end of the book followed by a 12 page publisher's catalogue dated August 1865. Duncan Farquharson Gregory (1813-1844) was a Scottish mathematician who was initially recognised fo…r his essay The Foundations of Algebra presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1838. In 1887 he founded and was the first editor of the Cambridge Mathematical Journal. In 1841 he published his 'Examples of the Processes of the Differential and Integral Calculus', which expanded on the earlier work of John Herschel, George Peacock and Charles Babbage. This collection of his mathematical writings has been edited by his friend and colleague William Walton, and includes a biographical memoir by Robert Leslie Ellis. The book is bound in the original brown cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in good to very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling on the boards. The spine ends and corners are bumped with some damage and a little loss to the cloth at the spine ends. The cloth on the rear spine edge is split down most of its length with some small pieces missing. A hope repair has been carried out on this spine edge to prevent further damage and the spine flapping. The contents are tight and clean with light soiling on the endpapers and title page and some light foxing on the frontispiece portrait. The name W. ? Gregory has been written on the back of the frontispiece (could this be a relation of Duncan Gregory?), and pages 257 to 260 consist of a note on a problem in dynamics with pencil notes made on pages 257, 258 and 259. The front endpapers are split down the spine gutter and the rear endpapers are partially split. There is a newish name label of Sydney Ross on the front fixed endpaper and we believe this to be that of Professor Sydney Ross (1915-2013) a leading chemist, bibliophile and former Professor of Colloid Science at. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. PLEASE NOTE: This is a valuable book and so extra postage will be required to cover insurance costs.
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Published by J and J. J. Deighton. Cambridge, 1846
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Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United KingdomAddyman Books
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Add to basketJ and J J Deighton. 1846. Second edition. Large 8vo hardback. Prize binding from University College London in full tan calf gilt with university crest to upper board. Gilt decorations to spine and contrasting lettering piece. Beautifully marbled edges and endpapers. Prize bookplate to Mr Thomas Grosvenor Lee of Kinver for First…Prize in Mathematics. Pagination: x, 529 pages. 4 pull-out collections of mathematical diagrams. Slight age-toning to pages otherwise a beautifully bound and very clean and sound copy of this work. Interesting Association Item. 200 acres of Kinver Edge were given to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty by Thomas Oliver Lee, Clara Winifred Wight, Emma Rosalind Lee and Stephen Grosvenor Lee as a memorial to their parents, Thomas Grosvenor Lee, solicitor of Birmingham, and Winifred Hannah Lee, who both died in the year 1916. Thomas Grosvenor Lee took great interest in the preservation of public footpaths and open spaces. Kinver was the home of his youth and throughout his life he always had a great affection for Kinver Edge and the beautiful country in the neighbourhood.
