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... kind , is wholly misplaced . I have imagined my own pupils before me ; and I have addressed them as I was formerly in the habit of doing in oral instruction . My sole aim has been to be intelligible , and to invest the subject with what ...
... kind , is wholly misplaced . I have imagined my own pupils before me ; and I have addressed them as I was formerly in the habit of doing in oral instruction . My sole aim has been to be intelligible , and to invest the subject with what ...
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... kind now spoken of are called prime numbers ; and all others , that is , all numbers that can be produced from factors , are called composite numbers : thus , 9 , 12 , 14 , 16 , & c . , are composite numbers ; but 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , & c ...
... kind now spoken of are called prime numbers ; and all others , that is , all numbers that can be produced from factors , are called composite numbers : thus , 9 , 12 , 14 , 16 , & c . , are composite numbers ; but 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , & c ...
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... three years , the cash goes to the Revenue ; the orders , bills , & c . are destroyed , and property of other kind is sold by auction for the benefit of the Revenue . 4. Having got the first remainder , which , mind 30 ARITHMETIC .
... three years , the cash goes to the Revenue ; the orders , bills , & c . are destroyed , and property of other kind is sold by auction for the benefit of the Revenue . 4. Having got the first remainder , which , mind 30 ARITHMETIC .
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... kind , but of a higher denomination ; as , for instance , how many feet in a mile , how many ounces in a pound weight , how many gallons in a barrel ; and so on . The table of liquid measure , at page 42 , contains more particulars than ...
... kind , but of a higher denomination ; as , for instance , how many feet in a mile , how many ounces in a pound weight , how many gallons in a barrel ; and so on . The table of liquid measure , at page 42 , contains more particulars than ...
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... kind often differed considerably in measure from a pipe of another kind . Whatever name be still retained for the cask , the liquor contained in it is always gauged or measured , and valued in imperial gallons accordingly . It is useful ...
... kind often differed considerably in measure from a pipe of another kind . Whatever name be still retained for the cask , the liquor contained in it is always gauged or measured , and valued in imperial gallons accordingly . It is useful ...
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Page 100 - ... then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer in the same name of the third term.