A Geometrical Treatise on Conic Sections, in four books, &c. by the Rev. Abram Robertson. Oxford, 1802.
A Short Treatise on the Conic Sections, in which the three Curves arc derived from a general description on a Plane, by the Rev. T. Newton. Cambridge, 1794.
A System of Conic Sections, adapted to the Study of Natural Philosophy, by the Rev. D. M. Peacock. 1810.
A Compendious and Practical Treatise on the Con struction, Properties, and Analogies of the Three Conic Sections, by the Rev. D. Bridge. 1811.
.Essai de Geometric Analytique applique aux Courbes et aux Surfaces du second ordre, par J. B. Biot. Paris, 1810.
A Treatise on Lines of the Second order. This is part of a work entitled, Geometry of curve lines, by John Leslie, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh.
There is much valuable matter relating to the conic sections in several works, which do not treat expressly on the subject. Particularly, in Newton's Principia, lib. i. The learned Jesuits, Le Seur and Jacquier, have given a concise treatise in their commentary on the work, at Prop. 8. lih. i. Maclaurin has treated of the
conic sections in his Geometria Organica, sect. 1. ; in his Fluxions, chap. xiv. and in sect. 2. of the Appendix to his Algebra. Euler has treated of them in his Introduc tio in Analysin Infinitorum, lib. ii. cap. 5. ; and Dc Moivre in his .Miscellanea 4nalytica, lib. viii. cap. 2. The Synop sis Palmariorum Matheseos of Jones, also treats of the. subject ; but it would extend our catalogue too mud) to name all the writers who have improved the theory. The reader may see a copious list of them in Bibliotheca Ma themetica, Auctore Fred. Guil. Aug. Murhard.
1798.
The references in the following treatise are to be un derstood thus, (20. 1. E.) means the 20th Prop. of the 1st book of Euclid ; (2. Cor. 20. 6. E.) means the 2d Cor. of the 20th Prop. of the 6th book ; again, (5.) means the 5th prop. of the section in which the reference is found ; (Cor. 1.) means the Cor. to the 1st Prop. (2. Cor. 3.) means the 2d Cor. to Prop. 3. and so on.