Item #39280 A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, COMPOSED FOR THE USE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. BY NICOLAS PIKE, A.M. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. REVISED AND CORRECT ED, BY EBENEZER ADAMS, A.M. PRECEPTOR OF LEICESTER ACADEMY. Nicolas Pike.

A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF ARITHMETIC, COMPOSED FOR THE USE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. BY NICOLAS PIKE, A.M. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. REVISED AND CORRECT ED, BY EBENEZER ADAMS, A.M. PRECEPTOR OF LEICESTER ACADEMY.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, By Leonard Worcester, for said Thomas, 1797. 516pp. Covers shorn and not present. Text with some toning and light wear, a few leaves loosened. Except as noted, Good+.

Pike's book "was used in many schools as a preparation for college algebra, and was even adopted for use at both Harvard and Yale. The book was, for the day, remarkably thorough in its scope of coverage, ranging from basic arithmetic through conic sections" ["Nicolas Pike ." Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery", the Encyclopedia website com, accessed online 5/05/2023.].
Evans 32692. Item #39280

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