The College of Preceptors and the Educational Times: Changes for British mathematics education in the mid-nineteenth century

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-172

  Delve, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

College of Preceptors; De Morgan; Educational Times; Tate; Whewell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042515177     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0315-0860(03)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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