Two Essays. I. An inquiry into the nature of the numerical contractions, found in a passage on the abacus, in some manuscripts of the geometry of Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boetius. II. Notes on early calendars.
1839. London: J.W. Parker, 1839. Slim 8vo, 18, (1)pp. With a plate at the front. In brown papers wrappers. Extracted from a volume of pamphlets at some time. ยง First edition of this scarce little paper on early mathematics by the infamous Halliwell-Phillipps, whose entire life was dogged by financial..... More