THE
ROMANCE OF MATHEMATICS.

[iii]
THE
Romance of Mathematics:

BEING
THE ORIGINAL RESEARCHES
OF

IN

Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social
Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain
Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws
of Political Motion.

BY
P. HAMPSON, M.A.,
ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD.

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1886.

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INTRODUCTION.