DISSERTATION SECOND

ISBN: 9780365453253 Géneros: PH Sinópsis: Excerpt from Dissertation Second Exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science Since the Revival of Letters in EuropeThe study of the remains of antiquity gradually produc ed men of taste and intelligence who were able to correct the faults of the manuscripts they copied and to explain the difficulties of the authors they translated Such were Purbach Regmmontanus Commandine Maurolycus and many others By their means the writings of Euclid Archimedes Apollonius Ptolemy and Pappus became known and accessible to men of science Arabia contri buted its share towards this great renovation and fromthe language of that country was derived the knowledge of many Greek books of the originals of which some were not found till long afterwards and others have never yet been discoveredAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works