Practical Plane and Solid Geometry First Stage Practical Plane and Solid Geometry Examples in Practical Geometry and Mensuration Elementary Geometry Theoretical Geometry for Beginners Notes on Analytical Geometry Elementary Graphs

Abstract

TEXT-BOOKS in this country which deal with the practical applications of geometry naturally follow the South Kensington division of the Board of Education, a department of the public service which has always taken a leading part in the spread of this branch of knowledge. The department has two distinct syllabuses, one for the guidance of art classes, the other for science. Both syllabuses have quite recently been revised and considerably extended, and are well abreast of the times. Although the two schemes have parts in common, there is an increasing tendency for them to develop along divergent lines. Thus for art students one section of geometry to which great attention is paid is that relating to decorative geometrical designs, the study of which requires the drawing of many inscribed and circumscribed figures, patterns, &c. For science students this branch is of comparatively little interest. On the other hand, the geometry of vectors, a subject of first importance in science, has little attraction for the artist. Again, a student of science finds great use for his graphical constructions in the making of numerical computations, and the subject for him is becoming more quantitative in character. It is thus inadvisable to compile a textbook which shall endeavour to meet the wants of both classes of students; the first two books under review are written for science classes, and are adapted to the first stage of the revised South Kensington syllabus in Science Subject I.

Practical Plane and Solid Geometry.

By I. H. Morris J. Husband. Pp. viii + 254. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903.)

First Stage Practical Plane and Solid Geometry.

By G. F. Burn. Pp. viii + 240. (London: W. B. Clive, University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1903.) Price 2s.

Examples in Practical Geometry and Mensuration.

By J. W. Marshall C. O. Tuckey Pp. xii + 70. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1903.)

Elementary Geometry.

Section ii. By Frank R. Barrell. Pp. viii + 169 to 284. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903.) Price 1s. 6d.

Theoretical Geometry for Beginners.

Part ii. By C. H. Allcock. Pp. viii + 123. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1903.) Price 1s. 6d.

Notes on Analytical Geometry.

By A. Clement Jones. Pp. iv + 172. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903.) Price 6s. net.

Elementary Graphs.

By W. M. Baker A. A. Bourne Pp. iv + 34. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1903.) Price 6d. net.