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(1) The Elements of Plane Geometry (2) A Primer of Trigonometry for Engineers: With Numerous Worked Practical Examples (3) Pure Mathematics for Engineers (4) A Second Course in Mathematics for Technical Students (5) Elementary Applied Mathematics: A Practical Course for General Students (6) The Laws of Mechanics: A Supplementary Text-book (7) Elementary Dynamics: A Text-book for Engineers

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THIS is a book in the old style, written by an old hand, and it has all the lucidity that we have learnt to expect of its author. The subject-matter is that of the first six books of Euclid, with the addition of some miscellaneous theorems on such subjects as concurrency and loci. The method and the arrangement are approximately those of Euclid, with some modern improvements. The book is the latest of its kind and probably the best.

(1) The Elements of Plane Geometry.

Dr. C. Davison. Pp. viii + 280 (with answers).(Cambridge: At the University Press, 1920.) 10s. net.

(2) A Primer of Trigonometry for Engineers: With Numerous Worked Practical Examples.

W. G. Dunkley. Pp. viii + 171 (with answers). (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1920.) 5s. net.

(3) Pure Mathematics for Engineers.

S. B. Gates. With an Introduction by H. A. Webb. Part i., pp. xi+191. Part ii., pp. xi+179 (The New Teaching Series.) (London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1920.) 4s. 6d. net each vol.

(4) A Second Course in Mathematics for Technical Students.

P. J. Haler A. H. Stuart. Pp. viii + 363. (London: W. B. Clive, University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1920.) 6s.

(5) Elementary Applied Mathematics: A Practical Course for General Students.

Prof. W. P. Webber. Pp. ix + 115 (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1920.) 7s. 6d. net.

(6) The Laws of Mechanics: A Supplementary Text-book.

S. H. Stelfox. Pp. xi + 201.(London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1920.) 6s.

(7) Elementary Dynamics: A Text-book for Engineers.

J. W. Landon. Pp. viii + 246. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1920.) 10s. 6d. net.

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H., H. (1) The Elements of Plane Geometry (2) A Primer of Trigonometry for Engineers: With Numerous Worked Practical Examples (3) Pure Mathematics for Engineers (4) A Second Course in Mathematics for Technical Students (5) Elementary Applied Mathematics: A Practical Course for General Students (6) The Laws of Mechanics: A Supplementary Text-book (7) Elementary Dynamics: A Text-book for Engineers. Nature 107, 134–136 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107134a0

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