Book, College Algebra
date: label: Date made
content: 1934
name: label: author
content: Rouse, Louis J.
label: publisher
content: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Louis J. Rouse (1885-1963) obtained an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD. from the University of Michigan. He taught in the mathematics department at Michigan from 1913 until his retirement in 1955. Rouse's textbook on college algebra first appeared in 1931, this is the 1934 edition of the book. According to the preface, the book was intended for use in the freshman year of colleges and technical schools. This edition mainly differs from the first in including a chapter on logarithms.
label: Description
content: A mark at the front of the book reads: Bill Bryson (/) 200 S. College St. (/) Angola, Ind. A nameplate inside the front cover also is signed: Bill Bryson.
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: 1982.3001.12
label: catalog number
content: 1982.3001.12
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 (binding material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2.9 cm x 13.7 cm x 18.9 cm; 1 5/32 in x 5 13/32 in x 7 7/16 in