Neue und erweitterte sammlung logarithmischer, trigonometricher und anderer zum gebrauch der mathematik unentbehrlicher tafeln.
Berlin.
August Mylius, 1778.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], viii, [12], 260, [48], 320pp. Parallel German and French text. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, all edges red. Rubbed, a trifle marked, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP.
The first edition of German mathematician Johann Carl Schulze's (1749-1790) useful logarithmic and trigonometric tables.
From the recently dispersed library of Erwin Tomash (1921-2012), American engineer recognised for his early pioneering work with computer equipment peripherals. His library consisted of over 3,000 books and manuscripts relevant to the history of computation, from medieval and renaissance works on arithmetic, finger-reckoning and the abacus, to the birth in the twentieth century of theoretical and practical computer science under Alan Turing.
From the recently dispersed library of Erwin Tomash (1921-2012), American engineer recognised for his early pioneering work with computer equipment peripherals. His library consisted of over 3,000 books and manuscripts relevant to the history of computation, from medieval and renaissance works on arithmetic, finger-reckoning and the abacus, to the birth in the twentieth century of theoretical and practical computer science under Alan Turing.
Tomash S 65.
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref: 22504
