Pleasure with profit : consisting of recreations of divers kinds, viz., numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical ... /

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• Pleasure with profit: consisting of recreations of divers kinds, viz., numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical ... : /
  by: Leybourn, William, 1626-1716
  Published: (1966)
• Pleasure with profit : consisting of recreations of divers kinds, viz., numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to recreate ingenious spirits ; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like) sublime sciences. And to divert them from following such vices, to which youth (in this age) are so much inclin'd. By William Leybourn, philomathes. To this work is also annext, A treatise of algebra, according to the late improvements, applied to numerical questions and geometry ; with a new series for the speedy extractions of roots ; as also a converging series for all manner of adfected equations. By R. Sault, master of the mathematical school in Adam's Court, in Broad-street, near the Royal Exchange, London.
  by: Leybourn, William, 1626-1716
  Published: (1695)
• Pleasure with profit: [microform] consisting of recreations of divers kinds, viz., numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to recreate ingenious spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like) sublime sciences. And to divert them from following such vices, to which youth (in this age) are so much inclin'd. By William Leybourn, philomathes. To this work is also annext, A treatise of algebra, according to the late improvements, applied to numerical questions and geometry; with a new series for the speedy extractions of roots; as also a converging series for all manner of adfected equations. By R. Sault, master of the mathematical school in Adam's Court, in Broad-street, near the Royal Exchange, London.
  by: Leybourn, William, 1626-1716
  Published: (1695)
• Recreations for gentlemen and ladies : Being ingenious sports and pastimes; containing many curious inventions, pleasant tricks on cards and dice; arithmetical sports; new games; rules for assuredly winning at all games, whether of cards or dice; recreative fire-works; tricks to promote diversion in company, and other curiosities. Translated from the French, by Monsieur Ozanam.
  by: Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717
  Published: (1789)
• Recreations for gentlemen and ladies : Being ingenious sports and pastimes: containing many curious inventions, pleasant tricks on cards and dice; arithmetical sports; new games; rules for assuredly winning at all games, whether of cards or dice; recreative fire-works; tricks to promote diversion in company, and other curiosities. Translated from the French of Monsieur Ozanam.
  by: Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717
  Published: (1790)