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Page iii
... LIKEWISE HIS GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONFERRED BENEFITS ON HIMSELF AND FAMILY ; THIS WORK , UNDERTAKEN PARTLY BY THEIR DESIRE , AND PRINCIPALLY FOR THEIR USE , IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED , BY THEIR OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT , THE ...
... LIKEWISE HIS GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONFERRED BENEFITS ON HIMSELF AND FAMILY ; THIS WORK , UNDERTAKEN PARTLY BY THEIR DESIRE , AND PRINCIPALLY FOR THEIR USE , IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED , BY THEIR OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT , THE ...
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... likewise demonstrated by the method of Synthesis . General conclusions are applied to particular examples , and the methods of converting numeral Problems into general ones ; deducing Theorems , Rules , and Corollaries ; registering the ...
... likewise demonstrated by the method of Synthesis . General conclusions are applied to particular examples , and the methods of converting numeral Problems into general ones ; deducing Theorems , Rules , and Corollaries ; registering the ...
Page xxvii
... likewise inure and corroborate the mind to a constant dili- gence in study ; they wholly deliver us from a credulous simplicity , most strongly fortify us against the vanity of scepticism , effectually restrain us from a rash ...
... likewise inure and corroborate the mind to a constant dili- gence in study ; they wholly deliver us from a credulous simplicity , most strongly fortify us against the vanity of scepticism , effectually restrain us from a rash ...
Page xxxiii
... likewise gather from circumstances , that Numbering , Measuring , practical Mechanics , and Building , were arts with which they were not unacquainted . From Chaldea the science was transmitted to other neighbouring countries , among ...
... likewise gather from circumstances , that Numbering , Measuring , practical Mechanics , and Building , were arts with which they were not unacquainted . From Chaldea the science was transmitted to other neighbouring countries , among ...
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... likewise ascribed ( by a writer whom Pliny has mentioned ) to Memnon , an Æthiopian king , who flourished during the Trojan war . 4 According to the following verse of Tibullus , Prima ratem ventis credere docta Tyros . The Phenicians ...
... likewise ascribed ( by a writer whom Pliny has mentioned ) to Memnon , an Æthiopian king , who flourished during the Trojan war . 4 According to the following verse of Tibullus , Prima ratem ventis credere docta Tyros . The Phenicians ...
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Page xxvi - Just so it is in the mind ; would you have a man reason well, you must use him to it betimes, exercise his mind in observing the connection of ideas and following them in train. Nothing does this better than mathematics, which therefore I think should be taught all those who have the time and opportunity, not so much to' make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures...
Page 64 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 114 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 466 - What number is that, which, being divided by the product of its digits, the quotient is 3 ; and if 18 be added to it, the digits will be inverted ? Ans.
Page 62 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Page 122 - State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Page 252 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 450 - A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to- the greyhound's 3, but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300.
Page 307 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 238 - ... 2. Multiply each term in the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest, by the feet in the multiplier, and write...