Mathematician:John Jackson
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Mathematician
American $19$th century mathematician who described himself as a "Private Teacher of the Mathematics".
Known now only for his $1821$ book Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings; Or, a Collection of Above 200 Curious and Interesting Puzzles and Paradoxes relating to Arithmetic, Geometry, Geography &c. With Their Solution, And Four Plates. Designed chiefly for Young Persons.
Nationality
American
Publications
Sources
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Rational Amusements for Winter Evenings