The young student's pocket companion, or Arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, and mensuration. With an appendix |
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... measured by real or apparent motions ; as years by the fun's apparent annual courfe ; days by the apparent diurnal motion of ... measure more diftinctly . Number defines how many , weight how much , mea- fure how long ; and if weights or ...
... measured by real or apparent motions ; as years by the fun's apparent annual courfe ; days by the apparent diurnal motion of ... measure more diftinctly . Number defines how many , weight how much , mea- fure how long ; and if weights or ...
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... measure . When filver , gold , or other metal was to be bartered or exchanged , for the other neceffaries of life , then to affign quantity , weight and numbers took place , and the quantities of liquids as wine or oil were determined ...
... measure . When filver , gold , or other metal was to be bartered or exchanged , for the other neceffaries of life , then to affign quantity , weight and numbers took place , and the quantities of liquids as wine or oil were determined ...
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... measure , motion , or variation . The ufe of Geometry and Trigonometry is fo mani- feft and extensive in all the parts of the mathematics , that he must have made fmall progress therein , who is not fenfible of it . Their help is called ...
... measure , motion , or variation . The ufe of Geometry and Trigonometry is fo mani- feft and extensive in all the parts of the mathematics , that he must have made fmall progress therein , who is not fenfible of it . Their help is called ...
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... measure the diftances of the Planets and Stars ' ; range them in their proper order , and without it the fons of URANIA might throw away their Inftruments their books and tables ; or rather without it they would never have had any fuch ...
... measure the diftances of the Planets and Stars ' ; range them in their proper order , and without it the fons of URANIA might throw away their Inftruments their books and tables ; or rather without it they would never have had any fuch ...
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... measures the diftances of the planets from the Sun , and from the Earth , and from one ano- ther ; he also measures the quantity and duration of Solar and Lunar eclipfes , the motions of the planets in their Orbits , affigning their ...
... measures the diftances of the planets from the Sun , and from the Earth , and from one ano- ther ; he also measures the quantity and duration of Solar and Lunar eclipfes , the motions of the planets in their Orbits , affigning their ...
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Page 120 - To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply, it by the number denoting the given power, for a divisor. 5., Find how many times the divisor may be had in the dividend, and the quotient will be another figure of the root.
Page 115 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 74 - To reduce fractions to a common denominator RULE. Multiply each numerator into all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator. ' EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 7 and -= to a common denominator.
Page 120 - ... quotient figure by common division, and annex it to the root ; then involve the whole root into the given power, and call that the subtrahend. 6. Subtract that number from as many points of the given power as...
Page 15 - TIMI. 60 Seconds .«••.......... — i Minute. 60 Minutes =i Hour. 24 Hours ^ . . =i Day. 7 Days = i Week.
Page 76 - To reduce a fraction of one denomination to the fraction of another, but less, retaining the sanье value. RULE. Multiply the numerator by the parts contained in the several denominations between it, and that you would reduce it to, for a new numerator, and place it over the given denominator.
Page 12 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains i scruple 3 scruples I dram 8 drams i ounce 12 ounces I pound...
Page 120 - ... from the given number. 3. Bring down the firft figure in the next point to the remainder, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root into the next inferior power to that which is given ; multiply it by the given power, and call it the diviibr.
Page 12 - Apothecaries' pound and ounce, and the pound and ounce Troy, are the same, only differently divided and subdivided.
Page 187 - The surface of a sphere Is equal to four times the area of one...