The construction and principal uses of mathematical instruments : translated from the French of M. Bion, chief instrument-maker to the French king ; to which are added, the construction and uses of such instruments as are omitted by M. Bion, particularly of those invented or improved by the English / by Edmund Stone.
By: Bion, N. (Nicolas)
Contributor(s): Stone, Edmund
Language: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Holland Press, 1972.Edition: 2nd ed. to which is added, A supplement, containing a further account of some of the most useful mathematical instruments as now improvedDescription: vii, 325 p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.Uniform titles: Traité de la construction et principaux usages des instruments de mathématique. English Subject(s): Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Early works to 1800LOC classification: Q185 .B513 1972
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Reprint of the 1758 ed. published by J. Richardson, London.
Limited ed. of 500 copies.
Translation of Traité de la construction et usages des instruments de mathématique.