Book, Fundamental Mathematics, Book 2
date: label: Date made
content: 1944
name: label: publisher
content: World Book Company
label: author
content: Schorling, Raleigh
label: author
content: Clark, John R.
label: maker
content: Smith, Rolland R.
notes: label: Description
content: This volume is the work of Raleigh Schorling (1887-1950), John R. Clark (1887-1986), and Rolland R. Smith (1894 - 1965). There positions well illustrate the rise of a profession of professional mathematics educators by the time the book was copyrighted in Schorling was head of the Department of Mathematics at the University High School and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan. Clark was a Professor of Education at Teachers College of Columbia University. Smith was Coordinator of Mathematics for the public schools of Springfield, Massachusetts. The authors specifically mentioned the relevance of their series of introductory textbooks to longtime defense needs of the nation. They divided this book for junior high school students into sections on measurement, percentage, formulas and graphing (algebra), geometry, scale drawings, business arithmetic, right triangles (simple trigonometry), savings and insurance, volumes, and consumer arithmetic. Illustrations and photographs abound. This is the second ofvolume of a two-volume work. Anaother edition appeared in 1949.
label: Description
content: According to a plate pasted to the inside of the front cover, this copy of the book was purchased by Sparks School in Baltimore County in 1946 and used by student Roger Barnes. A protractor initially attached at the back of the book has been cut out. There are two index cards with notes loose in the volume.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arthur Skebeck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.3001.13
label: catalog number
content: 1982.3001.13
label: nonaccession number
content: 1982.3001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overallbinding material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 221 cm; 31/32 in x 5 23/32 in x 87 in