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Nabu Press, 2010. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

NY: J. & J. Harper. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, foxing throughout, Saratoga Springs School Library markings on front flyleaf.. 1837. Later Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding. Harper's Family Library No. LVI. Notes and life of Euler by Brewster and additional notes by John Griscom. This is volume two of a two-volume collection of published letters by 18th century Swiss mathematician and scientist Leonhard Euler. While working at the Berlin Academy, he was asked by King Frederick the Great to tutor one of his nieces in what was then termed "natural philosophy" which we now divide into the various disciplines of astronomy, physics, and philosophy. The letters were originally published in 1768, but were not translated into English until 1823. They were first published in America by J. & J. Harper in 1833. The letters in this second volume were written in 1761-62 and concern philosophy, astronomy, optics, magnetics, longitude, electricity, weather, and the wonders of the human… Read More

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York: J & J Harper, 1833. First Edition . Original Printed Cloth. Very Good. Figures. 436 Pp. Including Glossary At End. Original Printed Cloth. First American Edition, First Printing With1833 Date On Cover And On Title Page. Volume 2 Of 2 Only, But A Nice Complete Example. Light Wear With A Few Points Of Fraying. Ownership Information Of "Frank W. Smith, Cincinnati" In Pencil On Front Cover, And "Frank W. Smith / August 25 1893 / Station "C" /Cincinnati / Ohio" In Ink On Front Pastedown And Similar Info On Rear Pastedown.

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. Hardcover. Fair. Two volume set. 16 x 9.5 cm. 16mo. 386pp, 436p. Fold-out frontispiece in volume 1. Figures. Bound in tan boards. Inscription: "Presented by the publisher to the Naval Lyceum Jany 1 1834" inside front cover of both volumes and a Naval Lyceum stamp on the second end paper and title page, effects the frontispiece in volume 1. . The spine backstrips are heavily chipped and nearly completely gone. Front cover of volume 2 is weak and nearly detached. Despite the rough bindings, the interiors are quite nice. Harper's Family Library No. LV and LVI. A series of letters sent by Euler to the Princess of Anhalt-Dessau who Euler had tutored in physics. Philosophy, astronomy, optics, magnetics, longitude, electricity, weather are all.