January 2022
Intermediate to advanced
2500 pages
9h
English
My Profefiion obliging me to be con versant with Mathematical Books (the Printing whereos, and Musick, has been my chiefest Employment) I have observ’d two things many times the cause why Books of this nature appear abroad not so correct as they should be; either, i. Because they are too much hastened from the Press, and not time enough allowed for the strict and deliberate examination of them; which in all Books ought to be. done, especially in these, for as much as one false Figure in a Mathematical Book , may prove a greater fault than a whole word mistaken in Books of another kind. Or, 2. Because Persons take Tables upon trust without trying them, and with them transcribe their Errors, if not increase thom, Both these I have ...