B chapter.indd - Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota
B chapter.indd - Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota
B chapter.indd - Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota
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158<br />
Illustrations available:<br />
Title page<br />
Instrument plate 1<br />
Instrument plate 2<br />
Instrument plate 3<br />
Arc drawing instrument<br />
Inscription<br />
B 175<br />
Blaine, Robert Gordon<br />
Quick and easy methods <strong>of</strong> calculating. A simple<br />
explanation <strong>of</strong> the theory and use <strong>of</strong> the slide rule,<br />
logarithms, &c. With numerous examples worked out.<br />
Year: 1898<br />
Place: London<br />
Publisher: E. & F.N. Spon<br />
Edition: 1st<br />
Language: English<br />
Figures: 1 folding plate<br />
Binding: original cloth boards<br />
Pagination: pp. xii, 144, 2<br />
Collation: A 6 B–K 8<br />
Size: 161x100 mm<br />
Blaine was lecturer at the City and Guilds’ Technical<br />
College in Finsbury.<br />
This is a work on the slide rule containing an introduction<br />
to logarithms and using examples from mechanical<br />
and hydraulic engineering. The explanations are rather<br />
pedantic with few illustrations.<br />
Illustrations available:<br />
Title page<br />
Erwin Tomash Library<br />
Blaine, Robert Gordon Blanquart de Sept-Fontaines, L. M.<br />
B 175<br />
B 176<br />
Blaine, Robert Gordon<br />
Some quick and easy methods <strong>of</strong> calculating. A simple<br />
explanation <strong>of</strong> the theory and use <strong>of</strong> the slide rule,<br />
logarithms, etc. With numerous examples worked out.<br />
Year: 1912<br />
Place: London<br />
Publisher: E. & F.N. Spon<br />
Edition: 4th<br />
Language: English<br />
Figures: 1 folding plate<br />
Binding: original cloth boards<br />
Pagination: pp. xii, 152<br />
Collation: A 6 B–K 8 L 4<br />
Size: 161x100 mm<br />
Note the addition <strong>of</strong> Some to the title between the first<br />
edition and the fourth <strong>of</strong> 1912.<br />
Illustrations available:<br />
Title page<br />
B 177<br />
Blanquart de Sept–Fontaines, L. M.<br />
Les intérêts des comptes courans tout calculés, quels<br />
qu’en soient et le taux et le capital, ou tables qui, pour<br />
le calcul de ces intérêts, soit qu’on les arrête une fois<br />
l’an seulemant, ou de six en six mois, soit encore qu’il<br />
s’agisse de négociations d’effets ou de prêt d’argent<br />
pour un nombre de jours quelqonque, n’exigent que la<br />
simple ouverture d’une page, et le secours de l’addition<br />
substituée aux longues opérations employées jusqu’à<br />
présent. Ces tables accommodées également aux deux<br />
styles francais et grégorien, le dernier en faveur des<br />
lieux où l’on suit l’ere ancienne.<br />
Year: 1802<br />
Place: Paris<br />
Publisher: Henri Agasse<br />
Edition: 1st<br />
Language: French<br />
Binding: contemporary leather, tree grained; spine gilt; red<br />
leather label<br />
Pagination: pp. xvi, 378<br />
Collation: a–b 4 A–3A 4 3B 1<br />
Size: 252x185 mm<br />
The most fascinating aspect <strong>of</strong> this work is that these<br />
interest tables were produced for use with both the old<br />
Gregorian and the new French calendar. The introduction<br />
states that Sept-Fontaines was attempting to produce a<br />
set <strong>of</strong> tables for commercial activity that would be as<br />
useful as those available to mathematicians.<br />
Illustrations available:<br />
Title page<br />
Page <strong>of</strong> tables
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