Koskinon Eratosthenous. Or, the sieve of Eratosthenes. Being an account of his method of finding all the prime numbers. By the Rev. Samuel Horsley, F.R.S

People / Organizations

• Samuel Horsley (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, MDCCLXXIII [1773].

Publication year

1773

ESTC No.

T221458

Grub Street ID

244718

Description

23,[1]p. ; 4°.

Note

The first two words of the title are transliterated from the Greek

At head of text, p. 3: 'Read at the Royal Society, May 7, 1772.' Dated at end of text, p. 14: 'Feb. 7, 1772.'; 'Excerpta quaedam ex Arithmetica Nicomachi ad Cribrum Eratosthenis pertinentia': p. 15-18, in Greek

'Ex Arithmetica Boethii. Lib. I. c. xvii': p. 19-23, in Latin.

Uncontrolled note

Cf. n54147