{"product_id":"charles-huttons-a-mathematical-and-philosophical-dictionary-1795-1796","title":"Charles Hutton's - A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary (1795 \u0026 1796)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFirst edition of Charles Hutton's A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, London, printed for J. Johnson and G.G. \u0026amp;amp; J. Robinson (Volume I: 1796; Volume II: 1795). Hutton, professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, compiled this landmark two volume reference covering mathematics, astronomy, and both natural and experimental philosophy, together with biographical memoirs of the leading mathematicians and natural philosophers of the age. It was the first comprehensive scientific dictionary in English since John Harris's Lexicon Technicum of 1704 to 1710, and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes it as revealing \"a deep and extensive knowledge of British and continental works\" that is \"still used by historians as a valuable source,\" with its engineering entries considered particularly strong. The work is also listed in Roberts and Trent's Bibliotheca Mechanica, the standard bibliography of mechanical and technological literature, and contains the first publication of Thomas Pellett's 1727 catalogue of Newton's papers, a document still consulted by Newton scholars today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIllustrated throughout with all 37 engraved plates present, ranging from mathematical instruments and mechanics to a compiled plate of early hot air balloon ascents, including the Montgolfier, Charles and Robert, Versailles, and Blanchard flights, gathered onto a single sheet within a decade of the first manned flights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBound in contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels lettered \"Hutton's Mat. \u0026amp;amp; Phi. Dictionary\" and green volume labels. Both volumes carry the engraved armorial bookplate of Daniel Dering Mathew of Caius College, Cambridge, to the front pastedown, together with the ownership inscription \"Robert Fitzgerald 1823, the gift of his Father\" to the front free endpaper, a traceable line of early nineteenth century ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCondition: spines and extremities rubbed, with a stain to the spine of volume II; joints and corners worn but binding sound. Text and plates present as issued, with foxing throughout, heaviest to the endpapers and margins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48033323024436,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/1149319D-3CFA-4FB1-B9FF-375594A0A0AE_1_201_a.jpg?v=1784026001","url":"https:\/\/www.inkandsignaturebooks.com.au\/products\/charles-huttons-a-mathematical-and-philosophical-dictionary-1795-1796","provider":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}