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OF these two volumes of the “Cambridge Mathematical Series,” Dr. Besant's book is practically a reprint of the first eight chapters of his “Conic Sections treated Geometrically,” which has for so many years held its ground as a favourite text-book among teachers. “Geometrical Conies” seems to be rather less “the fashion” now than it was formerly, and we hope that the present issue, containing all the more important propositions in a small compass, will encourage students in looking up geometrical proofs instead of trusting too exclusively to the often cumbrous and ill-understood methods of coordinate geometry.
Elementary Conics.
By W. H. Besant Pp. 176. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1898.)
Examples in Analytical Conies for Beginners.
By W. M. Baker Pp. 87. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1898.)
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B., G. Elementary Conics Examples in Analytical Conies for Beginners. Nature 58, 318 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058318b0
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