Apollonius <Pergaeus>; Lawson, John, The two books of Apollonius Pergaeus, concerning tangencies, as they have been restored by Franciscus Vieta and Marinus Ghetaldus : with a supplement to which is now added, a second supplement, being Mons. Fermat's Treatise on spherical tangencies

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          <head xml:id="echoid-head109" xml:space="preserve">ADVERTISEMENT.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2741" xml:space="preserve">IT is but few years ago ſince the Compiler of this Synopſis
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            conceived his firſt idea of the uſeſulneſs of ſuch an undertaking,
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            and he exhibited a ſmall ſpecimen thereof in a periodical Work
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            then publiſhing under the Title of
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2742" xml:space="preserve">Here-
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            upon he received ſeveral letters from Mathematical friends, ex-
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            preſſing their ſenſe of the great propriety of ſuch a collection, and
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            ſtrongly encouraging him to purſue the undertaking. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2743" xml:space="preserve">Since that
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            time it has been a growing work, and would continue ſo, were
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            the publication delayed ever ſo long, as freſh Problems are con-
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            tinually propoſed to the public. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2744" xml:space="preserve">He has therefore now determined
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            to ſend it abroad, as complete as he can make it to the preſent
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            period, and leave additions to be made by future collectors.</s>
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