Title:"A New System of Geometry," by Joseph Caldwell, Professor of
Mathematics and President of UNC, Transcribed by Edward McKay, 1806:
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Author: Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835
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Title of collection: Joseph Caldwell Papers (#127-z), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: "A New System of Geometry," by Joseph Caldwell,
Professor of Mathematics and President of UNC, Transcribed by Edward
McKay, 1806
Author: Joseph Caldwell
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"A New System of Geometry," by Joseph Caldwell
, Professor of Mathematics and President
of UNC, Transcribed by Edward McKay, 1806
Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835
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A New System of Geometry By The reverend Joseph Caldwell
Professor of
Mathematics and President of the University of North
Carolina, the first volume Bought of Edward Mcay, by Thos. I. S.
Singleton January 1st A.D. 1807.
A New System of Geometry By The reverend Joseph
Caldwell
Proffessor of Mathematics and President of the University of North Carolina
The First Volumn Transcribed by Edward McKay who [unrecovered]
No. CarolinaOrange Co.Chapel Hill
Annodomine 1806
Cap. I.
Elements of Geometry
I. Mathematics is of two kinds. Pure & Mixed. Pure Mathematics treats of
quantity and magnitude abstractedly. It considers them as unattended with any of
the imperfections or impediments which the limited faculties of man may attach
to them in their application