Book, A First Course in Algebra
date: label: date made
content: 1908
name: label: maker
content: Wells, Webster
label: maker
content: D.C. Heath & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Webster Wells (1861-1916) did his undergraduate work at MIT and then joined the faculty there. During his career, he wrote a series of textbooks on topics ranging from arithmetic to algebra to geometry to trigonometry. He also prepared a set of logarithm tables that sold well.
label: Description
content: This 1908 textbook on algebra includes four color plates that illustrate the graphing of functions. A mark inside the front cover reads; Samuel Myer Jr. (/) 159 W 22 St. (/) New York () City. It has scattered annotations, most of which seem to mark a problem to be solved.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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 Ruth E. Myer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3133.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3133
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3133.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 12 cm x 18.2 cm; 19/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 7 5/32 in