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Oliver Byrne's "The Elements of Euclid", First Six Books [pdf]
(
proyectodescartes.org
)
9 points
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ogogmad
a month ago
2 comments
ogogmad
a month ago
This doesn't have the distracting long "ſ"es of Oliver Byrne's editions. It was arguably a bonkers decision to have it in the first place, given that the long S was on the way out by then.
[EDIT: Corrected to use his actual first name, "Oliver"]
rolph
a month ago
i rather like such long ess'es .
madcaptenor
a month ago
Big fan of this, but the creator's first name was Oliver.
ogogmad
a month ago
Thanks. Corrected.