containing the common, hyperbolic, and logistic logarithms, also sines, tangents, secants, & versed sines both natural and logarithmic. Together with several other tables useful in mathematical calculations : to which is prefixed, a large and original history of the discoveries and writings relating to those

for the use of academies as well as private tuition

Containing An Explanation Of The Terms, And An Account Of The Several Subjects, Comprized Under The Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, And Philosophy Both Natural And Experimental: With An Historical Account Of The Rise, ... Also Memoirs Of The Lives And Writings Of The Most Eminent Authors, ... In Two Volumes ...

containing the mathematical demonstrations of the properties of the arches, the thickness of the piers, the force of the water against them, &c. : together with practical observations & directions drawn from the whole

comprising, among numerous important articles, the theory of bridges, with several plans of recent improvement also the results of numerous experiments on the force of gunpowder, with applications to the modern practice of artillery