Mathematics for Practical Men: A Book of Principles, Theorems, Rules and Tables in Various Departments of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, with Their ApplicationsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 |
Contents
Definitions and notation | 3 |
Division of whole numbers | 10 |
Tables of weights and measures | 19 |
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Mathematics for Practical Men: Being a Common-Place Book of ... Pure and ... Olinthus Gilbert Gregory No preview available - 2014 |
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