Book, Elementary Algebra, Ray's Algebra, Part First: on the Analytic and Inductive Methods of Instruction with Numerous Practical Exercises
date: label: date made
content: 1848
name: label: author
content: Ray, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: This book, published by Wilson, Hinkle, and Company of Cincinnati, is a revised edition of a text first published in 1848 by the popular nineteenth century American textbook author Joseph Ray ( - 1855. It begins with a set of “Intellectual Exercises,” story problems in which variables are combined linearly. After this introduction, the book gives a systematic discussion of algebra. The copy is in poor condition.
label: Description
content: Ray published an entire series of textbooks on arithmetic and algebra.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth E. Myer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.3064.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.3064.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1979.3064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 12.8 cm x 19.2 cm; 7/8 in x 5 1/32 in x 7 9/16 in