Author:Oliver Byrne

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Oliver Byrne (1810–1880)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category. Byrne was a mathematician and Her Majesty's Surveyor of the Falklands Islands.

Works

• The Practical, complete and correct Gager, containing a description of Parker and Byrne's patent Calculating Instruments; with their use and application, Bailey (London), 1840
• The Fifth Book of Euclid simplified, 1841.
• The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners, 1847 (transcription project)
• The Miscellaneous Mathematical Papers of OB, L. Maynard, ed. John Byrne, 1848.
• OB (ed) Appleton's Dictionary of machines, Mechanics, Engine work and Engineering, 2 vols, Daniel Appleton and Co., 1852.
• The Calculus of Form, 1870.
• The Creed of Saint Athanasius proved by a Mathematical parallel (a satire), 1859.
• Description and Use of the Byrnegraph, an instrument for multiplying, dividing and comparing lines, angles, surfaces and solids, Allard (London), 1846.
• Dual Arithmetic, A New Art, Bell & Daldy (London), 1865. (External scan)
• The Essential Elements of Practical Mechanics, based on the principal of work, designed for engineering students, Spon (London), 1868. (External scan)
• General Method of Solving Equations of all degrees, applied particularly to equations of the second, third, fourth and fifth, Spon (London), 1868. (External scan)
• The Geometry of Compasses, Lockwood (London), 1877.
• The Handbook for the Artisan, Mechanic, and Engineer, Collins (Philadelphia), 1853.
• How to Measure the Earth with the Assistance of Railroads, Currie and Bowman (Newcastle), 1838.
• Lectures on the Art and Science of War, Donahoe (Boston), 1853.
• New and Improved Systems of Logarithms, Day (London), 1838.
• Pocketbook for Railroad and Civil Engineers, Shepherd (New York), 1851.
• The Practical Metal-Worker's Assistant, Baird (Philadelphia), 1851. (External scan)
• The Practical Model Calculator, Baird (Philadelphia), 1852. (External scan)
• A Short Practical Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry, Valpy, 1835. (External scan)
• Spon's Dictionary of Engineering, Spon, 1869 - 1874.
  • Volume 1 (External scan)
  • Volume 2 (External scan)
  • Volume 3 (External scan)
• Tables of Dual Logarithms, Dual Numbers, and Corresponding Natural Numbers, Bell & Daldy, 1867 (External scan)
• Byrne's Treatise on navigation and nautical Astronomy, the author, 1875.
• The Young Dual Arithmetician, Bell & Daldy, 1865 (External scan)
• The Young Geometrician, or Practical geometry without compasses, Chapman and Hall (London), 1865.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.