Here at West Point we have an English translation from 1588:
| AUTHOR: Tartaglia, Niccolo, d. 1557.
| TITLE: Three bookes of colloquies concerning the arte of shooting in
| great and small peeces of artillerie,
| ... Written in Italian ... now translated into English by
| Cyprian Lucar ... Also the saide Cyprian Lucar hath annexed ...
| a treatise named Lucar Appendix ... to shew ... the properties,
| office and dutie of a gunner ...
| PLACE: London,
|PUBLISHER: [Colophon: Printed by Thomas Dawson] for John Harrison,
| YEAR: 1588
but I have never looked at it. But I think I shall. This, as well as almost
any early English work, is available on microfilm. [Aside: I took an
interest in this question as I was working today on a bibliography of the
1340 pre WWI volumes in the West Point Library that will be published by the
AMS; this Tartaglia will NOT be listed as it does not contain a sufficent
amount of mathematics.]
I also found
| AUTHOR: Piotti, Mario.
| TITLE: La lingua di Niccolo Tartaglia :
| un puoco grossetto di loquella : la Nova scientia e i Quesiti et
| inventioni diverse /
| PLACE: Milano :
|PUBLISHER: LED,
| YEAR: 1998
| PUB TYPE: Book
| FORMAT: 271 p. ; 25 cm.
| SERIES: Biblioteca insubrica ; 3
| NOTES: Contains bibliography (pp. 241-262), notes and name index.
| In-depth study of the linguistics used by N. Tartaglia (1499-
| 1557), mathematician and engineer, in promoting his new science
| of the Renaissance.
| Includes bibliographical references.
which should be of interest to those who read Italian.
Regards,
Fred Rickey
-----Original Message-----
From: KarenDM@aol.com [mailto:KarenDM@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 6:29 PM
To: historia-matematica@chasque.apc.org
Subject: [HM] 1554 Tartaglia
I made a once in a lifetime purchase this week. By auction, I was able to
obtain the l554 ed of the Tartaglia which applies mathematics to artillery
science. It hasn't arrived yet; however, it's on it's way. I am thrilled.
[snip]
Karen Dee Michalowicz