Wallis's Treatise of Algebra. Title page to A Treatise of Algebra (1685) by the English mathematician John Wallis (1616-1703). This book was both a practical guide to the methods of algebra of the time,and also a guide to the history of algebra. At lower centre is a description of four additional treatises,including Wallis's Cono-Cuneus,now known as Plucker's Conoid. The author details below this indicate Wallis to be a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.),Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford,and a member of the Royal Society. The publisher (bottom) was the well-known London printer John Playford (1623-1686/7) | |
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