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A52262 Geometrical trigonometry, or, The explanation of such geometrical problems as are most useful & necessary, either for the construction of the canons of triangles, or for the solution of them together with the proportions themselves suteable unto every case both in plain and spherical triangles ... / by J. Newton ... Newton, John, 1622-1678. 1659 (1659) Wing N1059; ESTC R17311 30,729 123

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