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Author:
Young, J. W. A.  Search this
Jackson, Lambert L.  Search this
Publisher:
D. Appleton and Company  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
cloth (binding material)
Measurements:
average spatial: 2 cm x 13.7 cm x 19 cm; 25/32 in x 5 13/32 in x 7 15/32 in
Object Name:
Book
Date made:
1912
Description:
This is the 1912 printing of a book copyrighted in 1909. The authors are Jacob Albert William Young (1865-1948) , an associate professor of the pedagogy of mathematics at the Univerisy of Chicago, and Lambert L. Jackson (1870-1952) , formerly professor of mathematics at the State Normal School in Brockport, New York, and then an employee of Appleton and Company.According to the preface, the book was to cover material taught in the seventh and eighth grades. The chapters cover fundamental processes, fractions, denominate numbers, equations, percentage, interest and banking, business applications, powers and roots of numbers, and mensuration (including the metric system).
This is a clean copy.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Education  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur Skebeck
ID Number:
1982.3001.10
Catalog number:
1982.3001.10
Nonaccession number:
1982.3001
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-59b9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1075709