The Principles of Science. A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method. Second Edition, Revised.
by Jevons (W. Stanley)
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London & NY: Macmillan, 1877. Second Edition.. Original brown pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Black coated end papers. 786pp. One leaf of ads at the rear. Frontispiece of "The Logical Machine". Some white paint spots and light wear at the lower spine, in general a clean and attractive very good copy. First published in two volumes in 1874, this is the one-volume Second Edition of 1877. This edition contains a substantial new Preface (pgs. [vii] - xxvi) dated 1877. The Logical Machine depicted in the frontispiece [also known as the "Logical Piano", first introduced in 1870] is discussed at some length (pgs. 107 - 114) including some discussion of the theories and works of George Boole. A work of some significance in the history of the development of the modern computer.
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- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
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- Title
- The Principles of Science. A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method. Second Edition, Revised.
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- Jevons (W. Stanley)
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- Hardcover
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- London & NY: Macmillan, 1877. Second Edition.
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