Beschreibung:

i. Curtis, George. A treatise on Gunter's scale, and the sliding rule. Whitehall, NY: Adams, 1824, [T&W C215; Shoemaker 15910], spotted ii. Oliver, Henry Kemble (1800-1885). An elementary treatise on the construction and use of the mathematical instruments usually put into portable cases. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1830, 6 folding engraved plates, [T&W O30; Checklist of American imprints 2898; Karpinski p.321], browned iii. Kentish, Thomas. A treatise on a box of instruments and the slide-rule… second edition. London: Relfe & Fletcher, 1847, one folding engraved plate, [T&W K20] iv. Idem. A treatise on a box of instruments and the slide-rule. Philadelphia: Baird, 1852, folding plate, [T&W K21], spotted v. Idem. A treatise on a box of instruments and the slide-rule. Philadelphia: Baird, 1877, folding plate, [T&W K22] vi. Heather, John Fry (d.1886). A treatise on mathematical instruments. London: John Weale, 1849, [T&W H89] vii. Idem. A treatise on mathematical instruments… second edition. London: John Weale, 1851, [T&W H90] viii. Idem. A treatise on mathematical instruments. London: John Weale, 1853, (bought from Alain Brieux, 1990), [T&W H91] ix. Idem. Mathematical instruments their construction, adjustment, testing, and use. London: Crosby Lockwood & Co., 1880, [T&W H88] x. Byrne, Oliver (1810-1880). The geometry of compasses. London: Crosby, Lockwood, and Co., 1877, coloured diagrams, [T&W B312] xi. Hulme, Frederick Edward (1841-1909). Mathematical drawing instruments and how to use them. London: Trübner & Co., 1880, plates, [T&W H180] xii. Idem. Mathematical drawing instruments and how to use them. New York: William T. Comstock, 1884, [T&W H181] xiii. Hudson, Hilda Phoebe (1881-1965). Ruler & compasses. London: Longmans, 1916, [T&W H177] all 8vo, first vol. in contemporary calf, others in original bindings, a few with some wear, a few rebacked, first 2 in modern folding cloth boxes