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A THOROUGHLY excellent elementary treatise. For a long time we have been exercised in mind when asked to recommend a book on Conies. To all its predecessors, with their varying shades of goodness and badness, we had some objection or other to urge. Mr. Smith has just met our want; his book is right up to the time, and is admirably adapted for the preparation of pupils for college scholarships; for students at the university it is a fitting introduction to that as yet unapproached work, Salmon's treatise on these curves. The text is excellent, full in alternative proofs, and suggestive in its methods; the numerous worked-out exercises, in addition to those collected at the close of the several chapters, render the reader independent of any other work. We think the title-page should state that it is an “analytical” treatise on conies.
An Elementary Treatise on Conic Sections.
By Charles Smith. (London: Macmillan, 1882.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 26, 124 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026124b0
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