An introduction to arithmetic

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Oliver and Boyd, 1883 - Arithmetic - 140 pages

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Page 84 - Subtract the subtrahend from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend, with which proceed as before, and so on, till the whole is completed. NOTE 1 . The same rule must be observed for continuing the operation, and pointing for decimals, as in the square root.
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