STONE, Edmund. A New Mathematical Dictionary: Wherein is contain'd, not only the Explanation of the Bare Terms, But likewise an History of the Rise, Progress, State, Properties &c of Things, Both in Pure Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, So far it comes Under a Mathematical Confideration.
London: Printed for J.Senex, W. & J.Innys, J.Osborn, T. Longman & T. Woodward., 1726. First edition.

Edmund Stone (1700-1768) was the son of a gardener on the Inverary estate of John Campbell, the second Duke of Argyll, who taught himself mathematics, Latin and French. Supported by the Duke, he exploited all three interests and wrote mathematical treatises as well as translating them from French and Latin. He was elected Fellow of The Royal Society in 1725, and published in Philosophical Transactions in 1740 Concerning two species of lines of the third order not mentioned by Sir Isaac Newton nor Mr Sterling. But in 1743 he suffered from the death of his patron, and lived in neglected penury until his death in 1768. Stone translated and published several eminent works in their first English editions, e.g., Bion: Traité de la Construction et des principaux Usages des Instrumens de Mathematique, 1709 [1723]; L'Hôspital: Analyse des infiniment petits, 1696 [1730] & Traité analytique des sections coniques, 1707 [1723]; Gravesande: Essai de Perspective, 1711 [1724]. "His New Mathematical Dictionary (1726) was a shorter and less expensive alternative to John Harris's Lexicon technicum (1704–10) and updated a similar work by Joseph Raphson published in 1702." (DNB). See also Taylor: Mathematical Practicioners, p.306 (no. 582). Scarce: ABPC lists just one copy (Macclesfield, 2005).

8vo: 200 x 128 mm. Contemporary calf, skillfully rebacked. Richly illustrated with woodcuts in the text. (2:title), (490), (2:errata), (4:adverts) pp.