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(NEWTON) ROUSE-BALL, W.W. An Essay on Newton's Principia. London: Macmillan and Co. 1893.
x[ii], 175[1] pp., plus 8 pp. advertisements. Original red cloth, faded, worn at top and bottom of spine. First edition. From the library of Philip E.B. Jourdain, with his ownership inscription dated August 1901 to front pastedown, and with marginal notes throughout.
Walter William Rouse Ball (1850-1925) was appointed a lecturer in mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge in 1878 and from 1891 became Director of Mathematical Studies; he is probably best known as a historian of mathematics. His A short account of the history of mathematics, first published in 1888, was reprinted a number of times. He also published histories of university and college societies, including a history of the First Trinity Boat Club. Philip Edward Bertrand Jourdain (1879-1919) worked mainly in mathematical logic; he was a friend of, and inspired by, Russell. Jourdain was assistant editor, and later chief editor, of 'The Monist', and Russell's lectures on logical atomism were published in 'The Monist' in 1918/19, but Jourdain and Russell fell out over payment for the lectures. Jourdain prepared for the press his work The Philosophy of Mr. B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll (published in 1918), Russell having given his blessing to the work in manuscript.
x[ii], 175[1] pp., plus 8 pp. advertisements. Original red cloth, faded, worn at top and bottom of spine. First edition. From the library of Philip E.B. Jourdain, with his ownership inscription dated August 1901 to front pastedown, and with marginal notes throughout.
Walter William Rouse Ball (1850-1925) was appointed a lecturer in mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge in 1878 and from 1891 became Director of Mathematical Studies; he is probably best known as a historian of mathematics. His A short account of the history of mathematics, first published in 1888, was reprinted a number of times. He also published histories of university and college societies, including a history of the First Trinity Boat Club. Philip Edward Bertrand Jourdain (1879-1919) worked mainly in mathematical logic; he was a friend of, and inspired by, Russell. Jourdain was assistant editor, and later chief editor, of 'The Monist', and Russell's lectures on logical atomism were published in 'The Monist' in 1918/19, but Jourdain and Russell fell out over payment for the lectures. Jourdain prepared for the press his work The Philosophy of Mr. B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll (published in 1918), Russell having given his blessing to the work in manuscript.
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