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Mathematical Treasures - Ozanam's Trigonometry
Jacques Ozanam (1640–1717) was a popular Parisian mathematics teacher and a prolific author of texts. This is the title page for his Trigonometry, Plane and Solid, published in 1741.
The first proposition in the Trigonometry.
These images from its George Arthur Plimpton Collection are presented through the courtesy of the Columbia University Libraries.
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasures - Ozanam's Trigonometry ," Convergence (January 2020)
