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... examples , are not fo plainly fuited to the capacities of learners as could be wished . A great many are very ambitious to purchase for their very first book fome great and noted author ( and indeed fuch must be confulted , if we would ...
... examples , are not fo plainly fuited to the capacities of learners as could be wished . A great many are very ambitious to purchase for their very first book fome great and noted author ( and indeed fuch must be confulted , if we would ...
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... example , they can dif- tinguish it fo many different ways , that from hence they conclude it is very easy to be understood by others ; on which account they are in general not only fo fublime , but withal fo concise , that it is well ...
... example , they can dif- tinguish it fo many different ways , that from hence they conclude it is very easy to be understood by others ; on which account they are in general not only fo fublime , but withal fo concise , that it is well ...
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... examples , which though he be ever fo perfect in , yet fees no reafon for what he has done , nor receives any relish or fatisfaction till he comes to put them in practice in the folving of a few questions ; and even then , if the author ...
... examples , which though he be ever fo perfect in , yet fees no reafon for what he has done , nor receives any relish or fatisfaction till he comes to put them in practice in the folving of a few questions ; and even then , if the author ...
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... examples , plainly demonftrated , is the moft ready way to remove obfcurity , as it is the only means to prevent a ... example upon exam ple ; and were it fo that two volumes in quarto could be purchafed by every lover of this fcience ...
... examples , plainly demonftrated , is the moft ready way to remove obfcurity , as it is the only means to prevent a ... example upon exam ple ; and were it fo that two volumes in quarto could be purchafed by every lover of this fcience ...
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... examples very rarely to be met with , or fo easily demonftrated : after thefe , I fhall make fome neceffary obfervations , and proceed directly to algebraic problems ; and fhall work them fo gradually , that you cannot mifs ( if you ...
... examples very rarely to be met with , or fo easily demonftrated : after thefe , I fhall make fome neceffary obfervations , and proceed directly to algebraic problems ; and fhall work them fo gradually , that you cannot mifs ( if you ...
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Page 89 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 32 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
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Page 121 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Page 48 - MATHEMATICAL SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND OPERATIONS Mathematical signs are simply shorthand methods of indicating mathematical language. Those most commonly met with are the following: + The sign of addition called plus. This means that the two numbers or quantities between which it is placed are to be added. Thus 12 + 3 is read 12 plus 3 and means that 12 and 3 are to be added, the result being 15. — The sign of subtraction called minus. This means that the number or quantity which follows the sign is...
Page x - No monftrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; The Whole at once is bold, and regular. Whoever thinks a faultlefs piece to fee, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er fhall be.
Page 25 - Sum over the common Denominator ; and if it be an improper Fraction, reduce it to a mixt Number (by Cafe 2.
Page 16 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own, for a new numerator. Then multiply all the denominators together for a new denominator, and place it under each new numerator.
Page 94 - If equal quantities be subtracted from equal quantities, the remainders will be equal. 3. If equal quantities be multiplied by equal quantities, the products will be equal. 4. If equal quantities be divided by equal quantities, the quotients will be equal. 5.
Page 76 - I am only to multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominator for a new denominator.