THE

Young Mathematician's Guide:

Being a PLAIN and EASY

INTRODUCTION

TO THE

MATHEMATICKS.

In FIVE PARTS.

VIZ.

I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal, with all the useful Rules;
And a General Method of Extracting the Roots of all Single Powers.
II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species; wherein the Method of
Raifing and Refolving Equations is rendered Eafy; and illuftrated with
Variety of Examples, and Numerical Queftions. Alfo the whole
Bufinefs of Intereft and Annuities, &c. performed by the Pen.
III. The Elements of Geometry contracted, and Analytically
demonftrated; with a New and eafy Method of finding the Circle's
Periphery and Area to any affigned Éxactness, by one Equation only:
Alfo a New Way of making Sines and Tangents.

IV. Conick Sections, wherein the chief Properties, &c. of the
Ellipfis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are clearly demonftrated.
V. The Arithmetick of Infinites explained, and rendered Eafy;
with it's Application to fuperficial and folid Geometry.
With an APPENDIX of Practical Gauging.

By JOHN WARD.

The EIGHTH EDITION, carefully Corrected.

To which is now firft added,

A SUPPLEMENT, containing the Hiftory of LOGARITHMS, and an INDEX to the whole Work.

LONDON: Printed for S. BIRT, C. HITCH, E. WICKSTEED, J. HODGES, and E. COмYNS. 1747

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