OF

GEOMETRY

AND

CONIC SECTIONS.

BY ELIAS LOOMIS, A.M.,

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK, AND AUTHOR OF A "TREATISE ON ALGEBRA" AND "ELEMENTS
OF PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY."

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

82 CLIFF STREET.

1849.

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ELIAS LOOMIS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District

of New York.

TO THE

HON. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, LL.D.,

CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

THE FRIEND OF EDUCATION, THE PATRIOT STATESMAN,

AND THE CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPIST,

This Work

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.