A new systeme of the mathematicks ...
By: composed by Sir Jonas Moore ... and designed for the use of the Royal Foundation of the Mathematical School in Christ-Hospital.
Contributors: Perkins, Peter, d. 1680.; Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719.
Publisher: Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for Robert Scott
Published: 1681
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: "By His Majesty's special command."
Conceived and in part written by Moore; sections on algebra, Euclid, and navigation written by P. Perkins; astronomical tables and "The doctrine of the sphere" by J. Flamsteed; "A new geography" in part by E. Halley; the whole edited posthumously by W. Hanway and J. Potenger.
Some parts have special title pages, dated 1680.
Added illustrated t.p., engr., in v. 1.
In L.C. set, v. 1, the preliminary gathering "b," containing the "Index, or contents," is incorrectly imposed.