Author: STONE (Edmund):
Title: A New Mathematical Dictionary: Wherein is contain'd, not only the Explanation of the Bare Terms, But likewise an History of the Rise, Progress, States, Properties, &c. of Things, Both in Pure Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy, So far as these last come under a Mathematical Consideration. The Second Edition, with Large Additions.
Description: London: Printed for W. Innys, T. Woodward, T. Longman, and M. Senex, 1743. 8vo, 202 x 123 mms., pp. xii, [524], numerous illustrations in text, contemporary tree calf, expertly rebacked in matching calf, gilt rules on spine, red morocco label, a very good to fine copy. The self-taught mathematician Edmund Stone (1700 - 1768) also learned Latin and Greek in order to read various mathematical works. He published his New Mathematical Dictionary in 1726; this second edition was published two years before he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. Stone's work continued to be of interest to mathematicians throughout the 18th century and into the 19th; for literary scholars, its importance lies in its function as a source used by Dr. Johnson in compiling his Dictionary of the English Language (1755). William Prideaux Courtney and David Nichol Smith: A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson(Oxford, 1915; reprinted 1968), page 44.

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