The elements of algebra, in ten books
Subtitle: The life and character of the author : His Palpable arithmetic decyphered
By: By Nicholas Saunderson ... To which are prefixed
Contributors: Saunderson, John; Moivre, Abraham de, 1667-1754
Publisher: Printed at the University Press
Published: 1741
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Mathematics; Early works to 1800; Algebra
Notes: Paged continuously.

v. 1: [8], xxvi, [20], 360 p.; v. 2: [361]-748, [32] p., [10] leaves of plates (some folded).

Edited by John Saunderson.

Solution of two problems concerning proportionals, by A. De Moivre: v. 1, p. 263-267.

Rule for extracting the cubic, or any other root of an impossible binomial, such as a + [square root of] -b and also for extracting any root out of a given power thereof, by A.de Moivre: p. 743-748.

Added t.p. bears date 1740.

English short title catalogue, N46003