B chapter.indd - Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota

Erwin Tomash Library
Bressieu, Maurice Brewster, David
Brerewood, saw this (and nine other works) through the
press after his uncle died of a sudden fever.
This is a treatise on the weights and values of Greek,
Roman and other ancient coins. The book is set up in
three columns. References are given in the left column,
with monetary values or weights in the right-hand
column.
Illustrations available:
Title page
B 247
Bressieu, Maurice (a.1608)
B 246
Astronomical libri quatuor hæc maximam partem
nova est rerum astronomicarum & geographicarum
per plana sphericáque triangula dimensionis ratio,
veteríque impendiò expeditior & compendiosior.
Year: 1581
Place: Paris
Publisher: Ægidius Gorbinus
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Figures: 1 large folding plate
Binding: contemporary vellum
Pagination: pp. [8], 40, 84
Collation: a 4 b 6 c 4 c 8 e 2 A–B 6 C 4 D 6 E 4 F 4 G–H 6 (e1 signed C1)
Size: 334x225 mm
Bressieu, a native of Grenoble, held the chair of
mathematics at the University of Paris from 1576 until
his death in 1608. Pierre de la Ramée, who is mentioned
in the colophon, endowed this chair before his death
in 1572. The colophon also mentions the hospitality of
Ronsard, a poet.
This is a treatise on spherical geometry as used in
astronomical calculations. It contains a number of
tables, one being printed in red and black to differentiate
different columns of entries.
Illustrations available:
Title page
Sample table page (color)
B 248
Brewster, David (1781–1868)
B 247
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott,
Bart.
Year: 1832
Place: London
Publisher: John Murray
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Binding: contemporary leather
Pagination: pp. xii, 352
Collation: π 6 A–Y 8
Size: 144x91 mm
Reference: Ran ODC, p. 409
Best remembered for his work on optics and polarization
of light, the Scottish physicist David Brewster displayed
his scientific abilities early. He had made a telescope
by the age of ten and started at Edinburgh University at
the age of twelve. After abandoning a wish to become
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