Object Details
- Description
- Webster Wells (1861-1916) did his undergraduate work at MIT and then joined the faculty there. During his career, he wrote a series of textbooks on topics ranging from arithmetic to algebra to geometry to trigonometry. He also prepared a set of logarithm tables that sold well.
- This 1908 textbook on algebra includes four color plates that illustrate the graphing of functions. A mark inside the front cover reads; Samuel Myer Jr. (/) 159 W 22 St. (/) New York () City. It has scattered annotations, most of which seem to mark a problem to be solved.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wells, Webster
- D.C. Heath & Company
- date made
- 1908
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth E. Myer
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 12 cm x 18.2 cm; 19/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 7 5/32 in
- Object Name
- Book
