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Ball, Walter William Rouse Bardeen, John
and to provide a few stories about pioneers of the subject.
The early editions of this work were 1895, 1903 and
1906.
Illustrations available:
Title page
B 83
Ball, Walter William Rouse (1850–1925)
A short account of the history of mathematics.
Year: 1901
Place: London
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Edition: 3rd
Language: English
Binding: original cloth boards; gilt spine and front cover
Pagination: pp. xxiv, [2], 527, [15]
Collation: π 4 b 9 1–33 8 γ 7
Size: 188x125 mm
Reference: Cre CL, p. 102; Pul HA, p. 117
This is a standard reference work on the history of
mathematics from the time of ancient Egypt to near
the end of the nineteenth century. It has been reprinted
several times since its first appearance in 1888.
Illustrations available:
Title page
B 84
Bamford, Philip
The practical gauger: Being a summary of what is
necessary to be understood by all pretenders to that art.
Wherin the nature of such superficies and solids as are
usually the subject of gauging are fully discuss’d. With
the method of finding their area’s or solidites, either
whole or in part. Performed by the pen and the sliding
- rule. To which is added, many useful tables proper for
such a work, never before printed.
Year: 1714
Place: London
Publisher: Richard Mount, John Sprint and Nathaniel Cliff
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Binding: contemporary panelled leather; spine gilt in
compartments; morocco label
Pagination: pp. 128
Collation: A 4 B–I 8
Size: 184x113 mm
The introduction to this work begins by describing
decimal arithmetic and its use in the rule of three and
other such operations, and also contains the abbreviations
used. This is followed by tables relating measures of
wine and beer to cubic inches, pints, quarts, gallons,
firkins and other lesser-known units of measure: the but
and ton. The remainder of the book presents the usual
gauging problems but with greater clarity than most.
It describes the different shapes of barrels, casks, tubs,
etc. and how they should be measured. The final section
contains tables of excise rates for different liquids, tables
for determining the number of days between any two
dates, salary tables and so forth.
Illustrations available:
Title page
Sample table page
B 85
Bardeen, John (1908–1991)
B 84
On the theory of the A-C. impedance of a contact
rectifier. In Some contributions to transistor electronics.
Monograph 1726
Year: 1949
Place: New York
Publisher: American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Pagination: pp. 94–100
Size: 277x213 mm
A thoughtful, respectful biography of John Bardeen is
Hoddeson, Lillian, and Vicki Daitch, True genius. The
life and science of John Bardeen, Joseph Henry Press,
Washington, DC, 2002.
This is the same Bardeen paper that appeared in the Bell
Systems Technical Journal, Semiconductor issue. See
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