Black cloth cover worn and spine has chip in gutter and at top. Contents clean except for former owner name in front and back of book. " The author, Albert Church graduated first in the class (at West Point) of 1828 and was commissioned in the Artillery, there being no vacancies in the Corps of Engineers. Thayer requested that Church stay at West Point to teach mathematics, and there he remained except for the two years, 1832-34, when he joined his artillery unit. In 1837, he became professor of mathematics, succeeding Charles Davies. Church served as professor until his death in 1878, a tot... View More...
