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lissr) OZANAM (Jacques; rfc V Academic des Sciences) CuRSUs Mathematicus : or a Compleat 

 Course of the Mathematics, VoLS. I-IV, containing I. Algebra, and the Elements of Euclid. 

 II. Arithmetic and Trigonometry. III. Geometry and Fortification. IV. Mechanics, and 

 Perspective, now done in English, with Additions and Corrections by Several Hands, with numer- 

 ous copperplates, 4 vols. 8vo. contemporary calf, 4s Hd 1712 



12886 [ ] Methode de Lever les Plans et les Cartes de Terre et de Mer, avec toutes Sortes 



d'Instrumens et sans Instrumens; nouvelle Edition ; with Infolding copperplates of Surveying 

 Instruments^ etc., \i\mo. fine copy in old calf gilt, 5s 1750 



12887 NOUVEAUX Elemens d'ALOEBRii, ou Principes generaux, pour resoudre toutes Sortes 



de Problemes de Matheinatique ; with front, and diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, old calf (joints 

 cracked). Is 6d Amsterdam, 1702 



'Leibnitz parle avantageusement de cet ouvrage dans son Commrrcium Epistolicum avec Bernoulli, a cause de queliiues 

 iiK'thodes algebriciues utiles dans la reduction des quantites irrationnelles. 11 y rosoud d'ailleurs un grand nombre de 

 (juestions de I'analyse indeterminee, et sur les triangles rectangles en noinbres.'— Af oh/ »cto. 



12888 Recreations Mathematiques et Physiques, qui contiennent plusieurs Problemes 



d'Arithmctique, de Geometric, de Musique, d'Optique, de Gnomonique, de Cosmographie, de 

 Mecanique. de Pyrotechnie, et de Physique, avec un Traite des Horloges Elementaires ; 

 nouvelle Edition, augmentee [par M. Grandin]; with over 100 copperplates, 4 vols. 8vo. con- 

 temporary calf, \2s (id 1725, or '60 



' Get ouvrage curieux contient la solution d'une foule de problemes. On y trouve encore un traite de horloges denwritaire.s, 

 ur;ft dissertation sur les lampes prrj)i'turllcs, enfin un ample recueil de tours de gobelets et d'escaniotage '.—Qnerard. 



' Best edition of an interesting work. Half the first volume is devotetl to the theory of numbers, of which 

 Dianam was a perfect master*. — lAhri Catalofjue. 



It is the final edition in the original form of this well-known work, which wa.s afterwards almost entirely rewritten 

 by Montucla. 



12889 Recreations Mathematical and Physical; laying down and solving many 



[Profitable and Delightful Problems, of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Gnomonicks, Cosmo- 

 graphy, Mechanicks, Physics, and Pyrotechny, done into English, with 28 copperplates, and 

 numerous woodcuts, 8vo. old calf gilt {one joint cracked, but a sound copy) ; rare, 10s Qd 1708 



12S*.K) New Edition, styled : Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 



lately recomposed, and greatly enlarged by J. E. Montucla ; and now translated, with many 

 Additions and Observations, by Charles Hutton, f.r.s., with 98 folding plates, 4 thick vols. 

 8vo. contemporary hf morocco (SCARCE), £1. 1* 1803 



Best English Edition of this popular work. Ozanam's work itself was based on those of Bachet de Meziriac (v. Xos, 

 •_'04 and .0901), Jean Leurechon (' Hi-nri van Etten ' ; v. Nos. 7604-8 and 10770-4), and Mydorgue {v. No. 3170). 



' I believe that it would be difficult to find in any of the books current in England on mathematical amu.sements as 

 many as a dozen puzzles which are not contained in one of these four volumes '.—IF. W. R Ball. The above edition has 

 also been used, and is frequently referred to, in Mr. BaU's Mathematical Bi'crmtions and Problems. 



12891 Tabula Sinuum, Tangentium et Secantium ad 10000000 Partium Radium, necnon 



Logarithmorum, Sinuum ac Tangentium ad 10000000000 Partium Radium, 8vo. old calf (sound 

 copy), 5s Amstelodam^, 1697 



12802 Traite des Lignes du Premier Genre, expliquees par une Methode nouvelle et facile : 



TRAiTt de la Construction des Equations, pour la Solution des Problemes Indeterminkz : 

 Traite des Lieux Geometriques, expliquez par une Methode courte et facile ; ivith 34 plates, 

 3 vols. 4to. in 1 , old calf gilt (back slightly rubbed)^ with armorial bookplate of ' Lady Dowager 

 Arundell ' (rare), 155 1687 



The author solves equations of a higher degree than the .second by means of conic sections. The third work is a 

 Treatise on analytical geometry, while the first contains the solution of 4 ' curious ' problems, ' qui e.stdenotre invention, et 

 que je n'ay coramuniqu6e qu'a pen de per.sonnes.' 



12893 Treatise of Fortification, containing the Ancient and Modem Method of the Con- 

 struction and Defence of Places, and the Manner of Carrying on Sieges, done into English, and 

 amended by J. T. Desaguliers, of Hart-Hall, Oxon. [f.r.s.], with Appendix, concerning the 

 Manner of Fortifying, which is truly Mr. Vauban's : never before in English, with Ai\ plates 

 (many fold. ng), 8vo. old calf (back damaged), 5s Oxford, 1711 



12894 Second Edition, with Plan of Gibraltar, with its Fortifications, shewing" the great 



Strength and Use of it, with 46 plates, and ^folding maps, 8vo. old calf, neatly rebacked, vnth the 

 fine gilt morocco arm&rial booklabel of Edward Hailstone, 8* 6c? 1727 



Gibraltar in English hands had already withstood one stiflF siege in 1704-5. 



12895 Usage du Compas de Proportion, et de ITnstrument Universel, pour resoudre 



promptement et tres-exactement les Problemes de la Geometrie pratique, tant sur le Papier que 

 .sur le Terrein, sans aucun Calcul, avec Traits de la Division des Champs ; nouvelle li^dition ; with 

 VI folding copperplates, large 12mo. sound copy in old French calf extra (rare), lOs 6d 1769 



The first edition containing a description of both instruments. It was unknown to Querard. 



12896 Usage de I'Instrument Universel, pour rdsoudre promtement et tres-exactement 



tons les Problemes de la Geometrie pratique sans aucun Calcul, pre ooiere edit ion ; with2 folding 

 plates (one illustrating the instrument), 12mo. old calf gilt (rare), 8* 6^/ 1688 



The author claims to have been the first to use the instrument in all surveying opprations. 



It would be interesting to know for certain whether Ozanam the mathematician was an ancestor of the pious and 



gifted litterateur Antoine Frederic Ozanam, friend of Lacordaire and co-founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 



the centenary of whose birth was kept in Paris in April, l'.»13. 



12897 PAGNINI (Giovanni) Costruzione ed Usodel Compasso di Proporzione ; vith 15 plates, 

 4to. hf cl.. Is 6d Napoli, 1753 



'Si esteude particnlarmente nella risoluzione di molti problemi relativi all' uso di questo strumento.' — Riccardi. 



12898 PALAA (Germain, couducteur des ponts et chanssees) DiCTlONNAiRE Legislatif et RfiGLE- 

 mentaire des Chemins de Fer, contenant, le Resume des Documents Ofiiciels en Vigueur et les 

 principaux Kenseignements Piatiqnes sur 1 Etablissement, I'Entretien, la Police et I'Exploitation 

 des Voies Ferrees, roy. 8vo. (i)p. 1018), hf. calf gilt, 5s 1864 



