Elementary Mensuration Mensuration

Abstract

MR. STEVENS' book is divided into two parts, the first only requiring a knowledge of Euclid's first book, and the use of algebraic symbols, in order to understand it; while the second part necessitates a much fuller acquaintance with geometry and algebra, and a slight knowledge of trigonometry. The book is not technical, but contains a thorough treatment of those principles upon which all calculations of dimensions depend, and therefore it will be valuable as an introduction to works concerned with special practical applications of the rules described and exemplified. Moreover, it should play a useful part in schools, by illustrating the concrete applications of abstract geometrical principles. The large number of original examples will be found of great assistance by teachers, and the questions, selected from papers set by the principal examining bodies, will prove of service as tests of the students' capabilities in working out mensuration problems.

Elementary Mensuration.

By F. H. Stevens Pp. xii + 243. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.)

Mensuration.

By the Rev. A. Dawson Clarke Pp. vi + 88. (London: Rivington, Percival, and Co., 1895.)