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A WRITER who invariably mis-spells “hypotenuse” speaks of squaring two numbers and “subtracting the results,” and treats of the area of a triangle before the area of a rectangle, does not deserve success. Yet so unsuited for non-technical schools is the scope of most of the existing books on mensuration, that a little manual like this of 32 pp. has an excellent chance in the struggle for existence. We hope the present edition may be rapidly sold, and followed by a second edition thoroughly revised.
Exercises on Mensuration.
By T. W. K. Start. (London: Sampson Low and Co., 1886.)
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M., T. [Book Reviews]. Nature 34, 494 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034494b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/034494b0