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... questions ; and therefore an acquaintance with them will always be useful . necessary , currency , it was Mr. NATHANIEL LORD , 3d . of Ipswich , the Gentleman employed to cor- rect and improve the work , has bestowed much attention upon ...
... questions ; and therefore an acquaintance with them will always be useful . necessary , currency , it was Mr. NATHANIEL LORD , 3d . of Ipswich , the Gentleman employed to cor- rect and improve the work , has bestowed much attention upon ...
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... Questions 827 328 328 Of Gravity Of the Fall of Bodies Of Pendulums Of the Lever , or Steelyard Of the Wheel and Axle Of the Screw Of the Specifick Gravities of Bodies Table of Specifick Gravities Ufe of the Barometer in Measuring ...
... Questions 827 328 328 Of Gravity Of the Fall of Bodies Of Pendulums Of the Lever , or Steelyard Of the Wheel and Axle Of the Screw Of the Specifick Gravities of Bodies Table of Specifick Gravities Ufe of the Barometer in Measuring ...
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... question is supposed to be right . EXAMPLE . 5738 5 9156 3 8471 53241 28689 This method depends upon a property of the mumber 9 , which , except 3 , belongs to no other digit whatever ; viz , that any number , divided by 9 , will leave ...
... question is supposed to be right . EXAMPLE . 5738 5 9156 3 8471 53241 28689 This method depends upon a property of the mumber 9 , which , except 3 , belongs to no other digit whatever ; viz , that any number , divided by 9 , will leave ...
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... question requires Note . From this rule and the note under Case II of Simple Divi- sion , it appears , that Federal Money is reduced from lower to higher denominations by cutting off as many places as the given denomina- tion stands to ...
... question requires Note . From this rule and the note under Case II of Simple Divi- sion , it appears , that Federal Money is reduced from lower to higher denominations by cutting off as many places as the given denomina- tion stands to ...
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... questions may serve as proofs to those in Re- duction descending . REDUCTION DESCENDING AND ASCENDING . 1. MONEY . 1. In £ .97 how many pence and English or French crowns , at 6s . Sd . ? Ans 23280d . and 291 crowns . 2. In 947 English ...
... questions may serve as proofs to those in Re- duction descending . REDUCTION DESCENDING AND ASCENDING . 1. MONEY . 1. In £ .97 how many pence and English or French crowns , at 6s . Sd . ? Ans 23280d . and 291 crowns . 2. In 947 English ...
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Page 181 - RULE. •f- 1 . Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure, and every third figure beyond the place of units. 2. Find the greatest cube in the left hand period, and put its root in the quotient. 3.
Page 183 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 245 - The present worth of any sum, due some time hence, is such a sum, as, if put to interest, would in that time, and at the rate per cent. for which the discount is to be made, amount to the sum or debt then due.
Page 175 - Distinguish the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a point over the place of units, another over the place of hundreds, and so on, which points show the number of figures the root will consist of.
Page 61 - Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.
Page 134 - If 8 men can build a wall 20 feet long, 6 feet high and 4 feet thick, in 12 days ; in what time will 24 men build one 200 feet long, 8 feet high, and 6 feet thick ? 8 : 12 : : 20x6x4 24: 200x8x6 80 (lays, Jlns.
Page 175 - ... and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. " Place the double of the root, already found, on the lefl hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. " Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 170 - Tret are practical rules for deducing certain allowances, •which are made by merchants and tradesmen in selling their goods by weight.
Page 79 - ... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 181 - Seek how often the divisor may be had in the dividend, and place the result in the quotient.