British Almanac And Companion

Excerpt from The British Almanac: For the Year MDCCCXXVIII Being Dissextile, or Leap-Year The British Almanac: For the Year MDCCCXXVIII Being Dissextile, or Leap-Year was written by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. This is a 251 page book, containing 124159 words and 8 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This volume collects, for the first time, in photographic reproduction, all of De Morgan's essays for the Companion to the (British) Almanac, with superimposed volume pagination and a chronological table of contents. De Morgan had an amazing depth of knowledge in the history of science, mathematics and general antiquarian lore. Subjects covered include bibliography, the history of mathematics and astronomy, chronology, the Newton-Leibnitz controversy, actuarial calculations, computation and more. De Morgan was Professor of Mathematics at University College in London, an author, bibliographer, sometime secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, first president of the London Mathematical Society, contributor to the publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, author of nearly one-sixth of the Penny Cyclopaedia (27 volumes, 1833-1843, supplements to 1858), consulting actuary, formulator of De Morgan's Laws, campaigner for a decimal coinage, antiquarian, and a prolific book reviewer. Compiled by Gary Menchen