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(1) Pendlebury's New Concrete Arithmetic (2) A First Course in Mathematics for Technical Students (3) A Course of Geometry Theoretical and Practical: a Class-book for Secondary and Technical Schools (4) A Treatise on Dynamics (5) Examples and Test Papers in Algebra (6) Elementary Mathematical Analysis: a Textbook for First Year College Students (7) Stability and Equilibrium of Floating Bodies

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(1) THIS set of books on arithmetic consists chiefly of examples, carefully graded in difficulty. No answers are given; teachers who use these books will look for an edition in which they are supplied. The course includes mensuration, percentage, and interest.

(1) Pendlebury's New Concrete Arithmetic.

By C. Pendlebury H. Leather. First Year. Pp. 57. Price 4d. Second Year. Pp. 54. Price 4d. Third Year. Pp. 57. Price 4d. Fourth Year. Pp. 56. Price 6d. Fifth Year. Pp. 71. Price 6d. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1914.)

(2) A First Course in Mathematics for Technical Students.

By P. J. Haler A. H. Stuart. Pp. vi + 125. (London: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1914.) Price 1s. 6d.

(3) A Course of Geometry Theoretical and Practical: a Class-book for Secondary and Technical Schools.

By A. H. Bell. Pp. viii + 127. (London: Rivingtons, 1914.) Price 2s. 6d.

(4) A Treatise on Dynamics.

By Dr. W. H. Besant. Revised and enlarged by A. S. Ramsey. Fifth edition. Pp. xv + 443. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1914.) Price 12s.

(5) Examples and Test Papers in Algebra.

By W. J. Walker. Parts ii. and iii. Pp. viii + 163 + 338. (London: Mills and Boon, Ltd., 1914.) Price 1s. 3d.

(6) Elementary Mathematical Analysis: a Textbook for First Year College Students.

By Prof. C. S. Slichter. Pp xiv + 490. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1914.) Price 10s. 6d. net.

(7) Stability and Equilibrium of Floating Bodies.

By B. C. Laws. Pp. ix + 251. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1914.) Price 10s. 6d. net.

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(1) Pendlebury's New Concrete Arithmetic (2) A First Course in Mathematics for Technical Students (3) A Course of Geometry Theoretical and Practical: a Class-book for Secondary and Technical Schools (4) A Treatise on Dynamics (5) Examples and Test Papers in Algebra (6) Elementary Mathematical Analysis: a Textbook for First Year College Students (7) Stability and Equilibrium of Floating Bodies. Nature 94, 667–668 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/094667a0

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