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OZANAM, JACQUES. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy . . . Translated into English, and improved with Many Additions and Observations, by Charles Hutton.<> 98 engraved plates on 97 leaves. Half-titles. 4 volumes. 8vo, modern 1/2 brown morocco gilt. London, 1814
Ozanam's work on recreational mathematics and science was first published in 1694. This is the second edition of Hutton's 1803 translation, the first complete version in English, from the 1778 edition edited by Jean-Étienne Montucla, with sections on arithmetic, geometric, mechanics, optics, acoustics, astronomy, navigation, architecture, pyrotechnics, magnetism and electricity, and chemistry. DSB X, 264; Hall, Old Conjuring Books, pages 165-66; Philip H140.2.<
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