See for example titles of works by Thomas Simpson from the mid-18th century: Essays on Several Curious and Useful Subjects in Speculative and Mixed Mathematicks, Miscellaneous Tracts on Some Curious and Very Interesting Subjects in Mechanics, Physical Astronomy and Speculative Mathematics. Chisholm, Hugh, (Ed.) (1911). "Simpson, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11. bas.). Cambridge University Press. s. 135.