A dissertation on the use of the negative sign in algebra
Subtitle: containing a demonstration of the rules usually given concerning it; and shewing how quadratic and cubic equations may be explained, without the consideration of negative roots. To which is added, as an appendix, Mr. Machin's quadrature of the circle
By: By Francis Maseres
Publisher: Printed by S. Richardson; and sold by T. Payne
Published: 1758
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Theory of Equations; Circle-squaring; Mathematics; Early works to 1800