BUÉE, (ADRIEN). - INFLUENTIAL WORK ON IMAGINARY NUMBERS.

Mémoire sur les Quantités imaginaires. Communicated by William Morgan. Read June 20, 1805.

(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1806). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1803 - Part I. Pp. 23-88 a. 1 folded engraved plate.

First printing of Buée's memoir on imaginary numbers, an influential work containing original ideas. He shows how imaginary numbers can be represented geometrically.

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