Short, but yet plain elements of geometry. Shewing how by a brief and easie method, most of what is necessary and useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood / Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris.

  • Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673.
Date:
1725
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Credit: Short, but yet plain elements of geometry. Shewing how by a brief and easie method, most of what is necessary and useful in Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and other excellent geometricians, both ancient and modern, may be understood / Written in French by F. Ignat. Gaston Pardies. And render'd into English, by John Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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