Textbook in Two Volumes, Algebra an Elementary Text-book
date: label: date made
content: 1910
name: label: maker
content: Chrystal, George
notes: label: Description
content: The Scottish mathematician George Chrystal (1851-1911) was for many years professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. In 1886, he published the first volume of the first edition of this book and in 1889 the second. These volumes represent the fifth edition of the first volume and the second edition of the second volume. The author described the book as "an elementary text-book for the higher classes of secondary schools and for colleges." It was his best-known work.
label: Description
content: These two volumes are from the personal library of William F. Eberth (1905-1976), who spent fifteen years of his career with the Atomic Energy Commission working in South Africa. The copy is largely clean.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. F. Eberth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.319872.04
label: accession number
content: 1975319872
label: catalog number
content: 319872.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Books, Set Of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 15 cm x 20.5 cm; 1 25/32 in x 5 29/32 in x 8 1/16 in