MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION, A COLLECTION OF 6 WORKS IN 8 VOLUMES, 1860-1940

i. Cajori, Florian (1859-1930). A History of elementary mathematics. New York: Macmillan, 1896, original cloth, (bought from Scientia, Arlington, MA, 1989), perforated library stamp on title page, bookplates [T&W C1]Another edition. New York: Macmillan, 1921, "revised and enlarged" [4th] edition, original cloth [T&W C2]ii. Cajori, Florian. William Oughtred. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 1916, original cloth, rubbed [T&W C8] Another copy. [T&W C8 bis]iii. Davies, Charles (1798-1876). The logic and utility of mathematics. New York: Barnes & Burr, 1860, original embossed cloth, spine worn, excised bookplate and ownership inscription, boxed [T&W D16]iv. Shuster, Carl N. (d.1983). A Study of the Problems in Teaching the Slide Rule. New York: Bureau of Publications, Columbia University, 1940, original cloth [T&W S116] v. Wilson, G.M. How to Measure. New York: Macmillan, 1922, two folding plates, original cloth [not in T&W]vi. Yeldham, Florence A. (1877-1945). The teaching of Arithmetic through Four Hundred Years. London: George G. Harrap, 1936, three plates, original cloth, library stamps [T&W Y4]8vo

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