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Byrne (Oliver) The Geometry of Compasses or Problems Resolved by the Mere Description of...
Byrne (Oliver)
The Geometry of Compasses or Problems Resolved by the Mere Description of Circles, and the use of Coloured Diagrams and Symbols. 1877, London, C. Lockwood & Co., thin 8vo, First Edition, unpaginated but all leaves present; frontispiece vignette of hand and compass to verso of Half Title plus 36 numbered diagrams in colour illustrating 20 'Problems'. Original light blue stamped cloth, some edge ware else a good copy.
Oliver Byrne (1810- 1880) was a civil engineer and author of works on mathematics, geometry, and engineering. He is best known for his 'The Elements of Euclid by Colours'. He had Irish nationalist sympathies. The present work is not commonly encountered, with only a small number of institutional copies located.
The Geometry of Compasses or Problems Resolved by the Mere Description of Circles, and the use of Coloured Diagrams and Symbols. 1877, London, C. Lockwood & Co., thin 8vo, First Edition, unpaginated but all leaves present; frontispiece vignette of hand and compass to verso of Half Title plus 36 numbered diagrams in colour illustrating 20 'Problems'. Original light blue stamped cloth, some edge ware else a good copy.
Oliver Byrne (1810- 1880) was a civil engineer and author of works on mathematics, geometry, and engineering. He is best known for his 'The Elements of Euclid by Colours'. He had Irish nationalist sympathies. The present work is not commonly encountered, with only a small number of institutional copies located.
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