An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations, Designed for the Use of Schools and Places of Public Education, to which is Added an Appendix, on the Application of Algebra to Geometry |
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A fair bit tougher than the introductory algebra texts available almost 200 years later.
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| Title | An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations, Designed for the Use of Schools and Places of Public Education, to which is Added an Appendix, on the Application of Algebra to Geometry |
| Author | John Bonnycastle |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | E. Duyckinck, 1825 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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