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1842. Part 2 of 2. Augustus De Morgan was an important innovator in the field of logic. In addition, he made many contributions to the field of mathematics and the chronicling of the history of mathematics. The Differential and Integral Calculus was published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, whose object was to spread scientific and other knowledge by means of cheap and clearly written treatises by the best writers of the time. Partial contents: Differentiation; Integration; Development; Series; Differential Equations; Differences; Summation; Equations of Differences; Calculus of Variations; Definite Integrals-with Applications to Algebra; Plane Geometry; Solid Geometry; and Mechanics. Elementary illustrations of the Differential and Integral Calculus are also included. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 0766189996. ... Read more

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Reprint of the 1847. Oversized Octavo. Pp. [iii].xxviii.124. 124. London, Taylor and Walton, 1847. According to the DSB this work is "probably the first significant work of scientific bibliography". The bibliographer A.N.L. Munby commented that " it is one of the earliest, and still one of the best, of the class of work now called a catalogue raisonnee. The notes, based on total familiarity with the subject-matter of each work, are testimony to the extraordinary range of its author's learning. "-Munby. The arrangement of the book is chronological, and begins in 1491 with Philip Calandri's Philippi Calandri ad Nobilem et Studiosum Julianum Larentii Medicem de Arimethrica Opusculum. De Morgan goes on to provide 200 word annotation about this title. Most of the works cited have some annotation, and many are of paragraph length. The format is as follows --The place at which the work was printed. --The date of the title page, or colophon. --The author's name --Title --The form in which the book is printed. --Annotations. At the end is an index of Authors, editors and of works on arithmetic. Besterman 509. ... Read more