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||Significance: ||This book is a compilation of mathematical problems and exercises published in a British almanac titled, "Ladies' Diary." The purpose of the problems was for entertainment just as Sudoku is today. The authors took it upon themselves to retrieve and preserve the problems and their solutions for history's sake.
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||Significance: ||This book is a compilation of mathematical problems and exercises published in a British almanac titled, "Ladies' Diary" beginning in 1704. The purpose of the problems was for entertainment just as Sudoku is today. The authors took it upon themselves to retrieve and preserve the problems and their solutions for history's sake. The problems themselves, while not extremely difficult, make for an interesting historical reference.
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The mathematical questions proposed in the Ladies' Diary : and their original answers, together with some new solutions,
from its commencement in the year 1704 to 1816 /
Bibliographic Record Display
* Main Author:Leybourn, Thomas, 1770-1840.
* Title:The mathematical questions proposed in the Ladies' Diary : and their original answers, together with some new solutions,
from its commencement in the year 1704 to 1816 / By Thomas Leybourn.
* Publisher/Date:London : J. Mawman, 1817.
* Primary Material:Book
* Description:4 v. in 2. : diagr. ; 23 cm.
* Subjects:Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
Holdings Information
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o Database:Arthur Lakes Library
o Location:Mining History Archive (Floor 1) by appointment only
o Call Number: QA43 .L6
o Number of Items:4
o Status:Available
o Library Has: V.1
V.2
V.3
V.4
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||Title: ||Elements of physics, or, Natural philosophy, general and medical, explained independently of technical mathematics, and containing new disquisitions and practical suggestions
||Author:||Arnott, Neil, 1788-1874.
||Pub Info: ||Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829.
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||Title: ||The mathematical questions proposed in the Ladies' Diary : and their original answers, together with some new solutions, from its commencement in the year 1704 to 1816
||Author: ||Leybourn, Thomas, 1770-1840.
||Pub Info: ||London : J. Mawman, 1817.
||Author: ||Leybourn, Thomas, 1770-1840.
||Pub Info: ||London : J. Mawman, 1817.
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||CALL #: ||QC21 .A7 1829
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||CALL #: ||QA43 .L6
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||Description: ||xlii, 532 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
||Subjects: ||Physics.
||Variant Title:||Natural philosophy, general and medical
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||Description: ||4 v. in 2. : diagr. ; 23 cm.
||Subjects: ||Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
||Notes: ||Library Has: V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4
||Subjects: ||Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
||Notes: ||Library Has: V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4
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||Significance: ||An eloquent, simple explanation of fundamental properties of physics as related to physics, chemistry, life, mind, and science of quantity.
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||Significance: ||This book is a compilation of mathematical problems and exercises published in a British almanac titled, "Ladies' Diary." The purpose of the problems was for entertainment just as Sudoku is today. The authors took it upon themselves to retrieve and preserve the problems and their solutions for history's sake.
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TITLE:
The mathematical questions proposed in the Ladies' Diary : and their original answers, together with some new solutions,
from its commencement in the year 1704 to 1816 /
Bibliographic Record Display
* Main Author:Leybourn, Thomas, 1770-1840.
* Title:The mathematical questions proposed in the Ladies' Diary : and their original answers, together with some new solutions,
from its commencement in the year 1704 to 1816 / By Thomas Leybourn.
* Publisher/Date:London : J. Mawman, 1817.
* Primary Material:Book
* Description:4 v. in 2. : diagr. ; 23 cm.
* Subjects:Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
Holdings Information
Holdings Record Display
o Database:Arthur Lakes Library
o Location:Mining History Archive (Floor 1) by appointment only
o Call Number: QA43 .L6
o Number of Items:4
o Status:Available
o Library Has: V.1
V.2
V.3
V.4
Significance:
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||Title: ||Elements of physics, or, Natural philosophy, general and medical, explained independently of technical mathematics, and containing new disquisitions and practical suggestions
||Author: ||Arnott, Neil, 1788-1874.
||Pub Info: ||Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829.
||LOCATION: ||Arthur Lakes Library, Mining History Archive (Floor 1) by appointment only
||CALL #: ||QC21 .A7 1829
||STATUS: ||Available
||Description: ||xlii, 532 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
||Subjects: ||Physics.
||Variant Title:||Natural philosophy, general and medical
||Photographs: ||
||Significance: ||An eloquent, simple explanation of fundamental properties of physics as related to physics, chemistry, life, mind, and science of quantity.
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||Title: ||Elements of physics, or, Natural philosophy, general and medical, explained independently of technical mathematics, and containing new disquisitions and practical suggestions
||Author: ||Arnott, Neil, 1788-1874.
||Pub Info: ||Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829.
||LOCATION: ||Arthur Lakes Library, Mining History Archive (Floor 1) by appointment only
||CALL #: ||QC21 .A7 1829
||STATUS: ||Available
||Description: ||xlii, 532 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
||Subjects: ||Physics.
||Variant Title:||Natural philosophy, general and medical
||Photographs: ||
||Significance: ||An eloquent, simple explanation of fundamental properties of physics as related to physics, chemistry, life, mind, and science of quantity.
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