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John Playfair

Born: 1748

Died: 1819

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Born: 1748

Died: 1819

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Elements of geometry containing the first six books of Euclid, with two books on the geometry of solids. To which are added, Elements of plane and spherical trigonometry

1795

Elements of geometry: containing the first six books of Euclid, with a supplement on the quadrature of the circle, and the geometry of solids : to which are added, Elements of plane and spherical geometry

1804

John Playfair, Euclid

Elements of geometry

1819

Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth: a facsimile reprint

1802

Outlines of Natural Philosophy: Being Heads of Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh. Volume 2

1812

Outlines of natural philosophy being heads of lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh

1812

A short, simple, and plain method of demonstrating the fifth book of Euclid's Elements

1812

Dissertation second, exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science, since the revival of letters in Europe

1817

The works of John Playfair ...: with a memoir of the author ...

1822

Elements of geometry, containing the first six books of Euclid with a supplement on the quadrature of the circle, and the geometry of solids, to which are added elements of plane and spherical geometry

1831

The Works Of John Playfair V4: With A Memoir Of The Author

2007

Infection and Immunity

2008

John Playfair, Gregory Bancroft

Dissertation second: exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science, since the revival of letters in Europe.

On the causes which affect the accuracy of barometrical measurements

1788

Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins.

1790

Prospectus of a course of lectures on some of the practical parts of the mathematics viz. ... astronomy, geography, navigation ..., gunnery, and fortification

1793

Elements of geometry; containing the first six books of Euclid, with two books on the geometry of solids. To which are added elements of plane and spherical trigonometry

1795

Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth

1802

Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth

1802

Biographical account of James Hutton, M.D.F.R.S. Ed

1805

Letter to the author of the Examination of Professor Stewart's Short statement of facts.

1806

Outlines of Natural Philosophy Being Heads of Lectures Delivered in the ...

1814

Outlines of natural philosophy being heads of lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh

1814

Explication de Playfair sur la théorie de la terre par Hutton, et examen comparatif des systèmes ...

1815

Elements of Geometry: With a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of ...

1819

Dissertation second exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science, since the revival of letters in Europe

1820

Description of the slide of Alpnach

1822

Elements of geometry.: Being chiefly a selection from Playfair's geometry

1829

The element of geometry

1836

Elements of geometry, containing the first six books of Euclid, with a supplement on the quadrature of the circle, and the geometry of solids: to which are added, Elements of plane and spherical trignonometry.

1875

Andiamo !.

1959

Outlines of natural philosophy, being heads of lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh

1971

James Hutton & Joseph Black: biographies by John Playfair and Adam Ferguson, from Volume V of Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1805.

1997

Living with Germs: In Sickness and in Health

2007

Biographical Account Of James Hutton

2011