AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE MATHEMATICS; IN WHICH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE ARE LAID DOWN AND FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED. To each subject are prefixed, A BRIEF POPULAR HISTORY OF ITS RISE AND PROGRESS, CONCISE MEMOIRS DESIGNED TO FURNISH STUDENTS WITH THE MEANS OF ACQUIRING CONSIDERABLE Adapted to the use of SCHOOLS, JUNIOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITIES, AND PRIVATE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO STUDY WITHOUT A TUTOR. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES BUTLER. Segniùs irritant animos demissa per aurem, Quàm quæ sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et quæ Ipse sibi tradit spectator. HOR. Longum iter est per præcepta, breve et efficax per exempla. SENECA. VOL. I. OXFORD: / PRINTED BY BARTLETT AND NEWMAN; AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW, REV. JAMES WILDING, M. A. MASTER OF CHEAM SCHOOL, AND LATE FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AS A TESTIMONY OF ESTEEM FOR HIS VIRTUES, OF RESPECT FOR HIS SUPERIOR TALENTS, AND INDEFATIGABLE ZEAL AS A PRECEPTOR; AND OF GRATITUDE FOR REPEATED FAVOURS. ALSO TO THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN EDUCATED AT CHEAM SCHOOL, AMONG WHOM THE AUTHOR HAS LABOURED NEARLY THIRTY YEARS; TO EVINCE HIS SENSE OF THEIR GENERAL GOOD CONDUCT, AND DILIGENCE IN MATHEMATICAL STUDIES; AND LIKEWISE HIS GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONFERRED BENEFITS ON HIMSELF AND FAMILY; THIS WORK, UNDERTAKEN PARTLY BY THEIR DESIRE, AND PRINCIPALLY FOR THEIR USE, IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |