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THIS is not a work brought out with a rush, for the greater portion of the solutions were drawn up by the author fifteen years ago. To students using the text-book this will be a valuable companion, for Mr. Bourne has executed his task with care and ability. Geometrical as well as analytical solutions are given, and impart a pleasant feature to the book. For Mr. Bourne's sake we regret that the foundation is giving way, as few students now read the “Conics,” for that fate is befalling it which the author himself says is “the fate of all academical text-books,” viz. obscurity (“W. Whewell,” vol. i. p. 24). Todhunter's own views respecting “Printed Solutions” are given in his “Essays” (p. 81). The exercises, how ever, will retain their utility as tests for ascertaining a pupil's grasp of the subject, in spite of the decay of the setting, and the “Solutions” we can recommend to students “after a vigorous effort has been made to obtain the solution without the book.”
Solutions to Problems contained in a Treatise on Plane Co-ordinate Geometry.
I. Todhunter C. W. Bourne M.A. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1887.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 37, 75 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037075b0
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