Thomas Simpson Frs (5 results)
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Published by F. Wingrave, London in the Strand., 1810
- Hardcover
Seller: The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United KingdomThe Sanctuary Bookshop.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 248 pages 15 x 232 cm all original uncut (untrimmed). Spine gatherings sewn, lacks backstrip. Front hinge weak. 16 pages publishers ads to front. Title Page: image 1., "To John Bacon" image 2., Preface: image 3., Advertisement: image 4. Part 1: image 5. A considerable rarity in the original. J H Hearding (revises and corrects) (illustrator).…
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Published by Printed for F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand by Luke Hansard, No. 6, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's Inn Fields., LONDON, 1799
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Seller: HALEWOODS : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, United KingdomHALEWOODS : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Slim Octavo,(21.5 x 13.5 cm). 79 pp. [1p. Advert]. numerous text woodcuts. Contemporary diced calf, raised bands, leather titles [joint wear], marbled endpapers. Thomas Simpson FRS (20 August 1710 - 14 May 1761) was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. The attribution, as often in mathematics, can be debated: this rule had been found 100 years earlier by Johannes Kepler. Referenced by: ESTC N37524. A Good Copy.…
Published by London; printed for John Nourse, in the Strand, Bookseller to His Majesty; MDCCLXVII.(1767)., 1767
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Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, GermanyC O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany .
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Add to basket8 leaves: 2 blank, foretitle, titlepage, dedication, 'Preface to the 2nd Edition' (2 p.), 'Contents' (4 p.); 402 pages, 1 blank. - Slightly gilt full-leather binding of the period over 5 raised bands; large-8vo.(ca. 21 x 13,5 x 3 cm). ~~~ THIRD EDITION (1st: 1745), A REVISED 'SECOND EDITION, with large Additions'(1755) OF SIMPSON'S THEORETICAL MASTERWORK; THE DEFINITIVE EDITION, as the author died in 1761. Therefore this book contains the preface to the second edition. - Panels minimally-, ends of spine slightly rubbed, ends of frontjoint slightly split (without affecting the tight binding); very first and last blank pages with endpaper's glue-shadow, inner frontpanel with short hard-to-read ownership-inscription of the period; A BEAUTIFUL COPY.…
Published by London, printed for J. Nourse, opposite Katharine-Street in the Strand, 1752. (4), vi, 330 pp. / Text in English., 1752
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Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Bergambacht, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Hortus Conclusus
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Add to basketContemporary leather binding. Binding rather worn, spine ends damaged, hinges weak, some old annotations throughout, old stamp on flyleaf, delicate but still good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.
Published by Printed for J. Nourse, opposite Katharine-Street in the Strand, London, 1752
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- First Edition
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB
Contact seller4-star sellerThree-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. Scarce First Edition extensively illustrated including present value and annuity tables, minimal foxing, minor ex-library markings. Expertly bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. A handsome copy. Book.
