Author: Joseph Fenn

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780282920173

Excerpt from First Volume of the Instructions Given in the Drawing School Established by the Dublin-Society: Pursuant to Their Resolution of the Fourth of February, 1768; To Enable Youth to Become Proficients in the Different Branches of That Art, and to Pursue With Success, Geographical, Nautical, Mechanical, Commercial, and Military Studies Pra&ical Mathematicks, their Application to particular Obje&s, as the Laws of Equilibrium, and Motion of folid and fluid Bodies, the Motion of the heavenly Bodies, Ur. They extend to all Branches of human Knowledge, and firengthening our intelleél'nal Powers, by form ticks ing in the Mind an Habit of Thinking clofely, and Reafoning accurate ly, ferve to bring to Perfeaion, with an entire Certitude, all Arts which Man can acquire by his Reafon alone. It is therefore of the highett Importance, that the Youth of this Country thould be me thodically brought acquainted with a Courfe of pure Mathematicks, to ferve as 1111 Introduaion to foch Branches of Knowledge as are requifite to qualify them for their future Stations in Life. The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Fortune, therefore, have unanimoufly refolved, that foch a Courfe fhould be given on the mofi approved Plan, in the D11 awmo school etlablifhed under their Infpe&ion, by a Perfon, who, on ac count of the Readinefs and Knowledge he has acquired in thete Matters, during the many Years that he has made them his principal Occapation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.