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The Development of Geometrical Methods*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2018

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In order to give an adequate account of the progress of Geometry in the century that has just come to a close, it is important to cast a rapid glance over the condition of Mathematical Science at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 3 , Issue 48 , December 1904 , pp. 100 - 106
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1904 

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Footnotes

page 100 note *

An address by M. Gaston Darboux, of the Institut de France, Sept. 24, 1904, given at the Congress of Science and Art, St. Louis, U.S.A. The author has very kindly given permission for the publication of this interesting address in the Gazette.

This distinguished mathematician is Permanent Secretary to the Académie des Sciences; Honorary Dean of the Faculté des Sciences. In addition to numerous Memoirs he has published: Leçons sur la Théorie des Surfaces et les Applications géométriques du Calcul Infinitésimal. 4 vols, in 8°. 1887-1889-1894-1896 (Gauthier-Villars). Coordonnées curvilignes. 1 vol. in 8ΰ. 1898 (Gauthier-Villars).

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page 100 note * An address by M. Gaston Darboux, of the Institut de France, Sept. 24, 1904, given at the Congress of Science and Art, St. Louis, U.S.A. The author has very kindly given permission for the publication of this interesting address in the Gazette.

This distinguished mathematician is Permanent Secretary to the Académie des Sciences; Honorary Dean of the Faculté des Sciences. In addition to numerous Memoirs he has published: Leçons sur la Théorie des Surfaces et les Applications géométriques du Calcul Infinitésimal. 4 vols, in 8°. 1887-1889-1894-1896 (Gauthier-Villars). Coordonnées curvilignes. 1 vol. in 8ΰ. 1898 (Gauthier-Villars).