 | Thomas Pruen - Chess - 1804 - 348 pages
...desired that the number of grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation... | |
 | Thomas Pruen (of Cheltenham.) - 1804 - 338 pages
...desired that the number of grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised' hint any reward he should ask ; on which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on •which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...prince, who was so delighted wiib •with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on \vhich Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board. 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on,. doubling continually, to 64, the... | |
 | 1818 - 384 pages
...number of grains of wheat which would be prodnced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without difficulty, acceded... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; oa which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square oa the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64 the whole... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...number of grains of wheat which would be produced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without hesitation, acceded... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 404 pages
...showed it to his prime, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should a I, , upon which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, two for the second, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 394 pages
...showed it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; upon which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chessboard, two for the second, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of... | |
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... one grain of wheat for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling... 
