THIS is a good elementary text-book, founded on the work by M. E. Lagout (“Takimetry”), which we have already noticed (NATURE, vol. xvi. p. 226). The ground covered by the work before us is not quite ...

Mathematics in Mesopotamia : Where did mathematics begin? ; Political history in Mesopotamia ; The number symbols ; Arithmetic operations ; Babylonian algebra ; Babylonian geometry ; The uses of ...