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Euclid's Elements is Translated into English

Billingsley, H. The Elements of Geometrie of the most auncient Philosopher Euclide of Megara. Faithfully (now first) translated into the Englishe toung, by H. Billingsley, Citizen of London. Whereunto are annexed certaine Scholies, Annotations, and Inventions of the best Mathematiciens, both of time past, and in this our age. With a very fruitful Praeface made by M. I. Dee, specifying the chiefe Mathematicall Scieces, What they are, and whereunto commodious: where, also, are disclosed certaine new Secrets Mathematicall and Mechanicall, untill these our days greatly missed. London: John Daye. 1570.



Carl Lee
Thu Sep 11 09:07:24 EDT 1997