 A Treatise on Algebra by George Peacock (source code)

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Primary preface reproduced by the MacTutor archive. Its argument distinguishes <arithmetical algebra> from <symbolical algebra> and discusses the restrictions implicit in expressions such as $a-(a+b)$.

Online source: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Peacock_Treatise/

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