Book:Charles Hutton/Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy/Revised Edition
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Charles Hutton and Edward Riddle: Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (revised Edition)
Published $\text {1840}$.
Subject Matter
A re-edition of 1803: Charles Hutton: Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
Contents
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Further Editions
- 1694: Jacques Ozanam: Récréations Mathématiques et Physiques
- 1778: Jacques Ozanam and Jean-Étienne Montucla: Récréations Mathématiques et Physiques (enlarged ed.)
- 1803: Charles Hutton: Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
Historical Note
This publication, according to David Wells in his Curious and Interesting Puzzles of $1992$, was the largest collection of mathematical puzzles and recreations published in Britain up to that time.
Sources
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): From Ozanam to Hutton