Cajori, Florian, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the School of Engineering, Colorado College. A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments , New York: Chelsea Publishing Company, 1969.

First Edition Thus. Fine. 828401306 Hardback 8vo., 140mm x 210mm tall (5.5" x 8.25" approx.). Pp (vi), 136, with 17 illustrations and an extensive and most useful Bibliography. Fine, in the original yellow cloth-covered boards, this reprint of the original edition of 1909 was produced, for the sake of economy of scale, by the Chelsea Publishing Company as part of one volume containing four works. Also included therefore, are the Third Edition of W. Rouse Ball's "String Figures" [78pp with 28 illustrations]; Julius Petersen's "Methods and Theories for the Solution of Problems of Geometrical Constructions applied to 410 Problems" [102pp], and "The Elements of Non-Euclidian Plane Geometry and Trigonometry" [179pp with 116 diagrams] (Book ref. 003775)  £45.00

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