A Treatise on the Elements of AlgebraR. Watts: and sold by T. Cadell, Strand, London; Deightons, Nicholsons, and Barrett, Cambridge; and Parker, Oxford., 1821 - Algebra - 227 pages |
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| Title | A Treatise on the Elements of Algebra |
| Author | Bewick Bridge |
| Contributor | Richard Watts |
| Publisher | R. Watts: and sold by T. Cadell, Strand, London; Deightons, Nicholsons, and Barrett, Cambridge; and Parker, Oxford., 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 23 May 2006 |
| Length | 227 pages |
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