A 1922 Latin offprint on operations with magnitudes
A Short Latin Mathematical Publication
Operationes super magnitudines is a brief mathematical work by Giuseppe Peano, published in 1922 as an offprint from the Rassegna di Matematica e Fisica (year II, no. 12). The text is in Latin, and the offprint runs to fifteen pages, corresponding to pages 269–283 of the journal. Bibliographic records classify its subjects as functions and mathematical physics.
Operations on Magnitudes
The title translates as “Operations on Magnitudes.” In mathematics, a magnitude is a quantity or size that can be compared and operated on, and the title therefore announces a treatment of operations defined over such quantities. The catalogued subject headings connect the work to functions and to mathematical physics, placing its treatment of magnitude-operations within those mathematical domains. The title identifies the work by its formal mathematical object rather than by an explanatory or narrative subtitle.
A Specialized Note Rather Than a Treatise
The publication is a compact extract rather than a full-length book. Its fifteen pages and its appearance in a mathematics and physics review give it the character of a specialized mathematical note. Open Library records Ferraris as its publisher, and the work is listed in the Raccolta documentaria dei primati scientifici italiani among Peano’s publications. These records establish its bibliographic identity as a short Latin offprint devoted to operations on magnitudes.
The INAF catalog record gives the item’s dimensions as 25 cm and identifies the record as ID 10617. It records a copy held at the OATO library under the shelfmark MISC-B 0010 72; the copy is marked as available for loan, on the shelf, and with no reservations.
Related 1922 Catalog Entries
The same INAF catalog contains a separate 1922 entry by Peano titled Operazioni sulle grandezze: nota, described as 21 pages and 25 cm. The Raccolta documentaria dei primati scientifici italiani also lists a 1922 extract titled Operazioni sulle grandezze, identified there as an extract from the Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino.
