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BUREAU OF EDUCATION

CIRCULAR OF L. ORMATION NO. 3, 1890

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THE

TEACHING AND HISTORY

OF

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MATHEMATICS

IN

THE UNITED STATES

BY

FLORIAN CAJORI, M. S. (University of Wisconsin)

FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISIANA, NOW PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN COLORADO College.

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1890

Hon. WM. F. VILAS,

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF EDUCATION,

Washington, D. C., February 19, 1889.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a History of Mathematical Teaching in the United States, by Prof. Florian Cajori, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, student at Johns Hopkins University, and recently professor of applied mathematics in Tulane University of Louisiana-a work prepared with your approval, under the direction of this Office.

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PHYSICS

LIBRARY

The table of contents indicates the wide scope of the work and the variety of subjects treated, but scarcely more than suggests the painstaking labor involved in its preparation. Professor Cajori's researches have extended through several years, and have been pursued in the libraries of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington. He has personally conducted a large correspondence with alumni, and past and present instructors in the higher educational institutions, and has been aided by 1,000- circulars of inquiry sent from this Office relating to the present condition of mathematical teaching in schools of all grades.

I am convinced that this monograph will prove of great value to all teachers and students of mathematics, and will be not without interest to any person engaged in the work of education. I therefore respectfully recommend its publication.

I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, N. H. R. DAWSON,

Commissioner.

Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.

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