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publications presented preliminary results, this volume
provided a complete exposition of Boole’s system,
which was, indeed, the description of an entirely new
form of algebra.
The work is dedicated to John Ryall, Professor of Greek
in Queen’s College, a personal friend and uncle to
Boole’s wife.
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Boole, George Boole, George
B 199
Boole, George (1815–1864)
B 199
The mathematical analysis of logic, being an essay
towards a calculus of deductive reasoning.
Year: 1847
Place: Cambridge
Publisher: Macmillan, Barclay & Macmillan
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Binding: modern paper boards
Pagination: pp. [2], 82
Collation: π 2 B–F 8
Size: 205x128 mm
the first entry for Boole and entries for DeMorgan). It
was this volume that began the revolution that led to the
development of mathematical logic.
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B 200
Boole, George (1815–1864)
Studies in logic and probability
Year: 1952
Place: La Salle, IL
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Figures: portrait frontispiece
Binding: original cloth boards; with dust jacket
Pagination: pp. 500
Collation: A–2G 8 2H 10
Size: 210x137 mm
This is volume 1 of Boole’s papers, edited by R.
Rhees. In addition to the original works (from the 1847
Mathematical analysis of logic to an 1862 work, On the
theory of Probabilities) and editorial notes, it contains
Boole’s own annotations and revisions that he may have
made in subsequent years.
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This is Boole’s first work on logic, in the introduction to
which he first refuted W. Hamilton’s claim that logic was
a part of philosophy and that no mathematician could
possibly contribute anything to this field (see remarks in B 200