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... whence by a methodical and demonstrative chain of reasoning , it deduces conclusions as incontrovertibly evident , as those which Pure Mathematics derives from self - evident principles and definitions . f The word Mathematics is ...
... whence by a methodical and demonstrative chain of reasoning , it deduces conclusions as incontrovertibly evident , as those which Pure Mathematics derives from self - evident principles and definitions . f The word Mathematics is ...
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... whence there is no appeal ) it is my duty to offer a few words . We highly value those by whose labours , inventions , or improvements in any useful branch of knowledge , have been made , and we honour their memory : all this c 2 ON THE ...
... whence there is no appeal ) it is my duty to offer a few words . We highly value those by whose labours , inventions , or improvements in any useful branch of knowledge , have been made , and we honour their memory : all this c 2 ON THE ...
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... whence he was driven by a famine into Egypt . If the account given by Josephus be true , we are sure that Arithmetic must have been known and practised by the Chaldæans about the time of their first settling in that country . d " The ...
... whence he was driven by a famine into Egypt . If the account given by Josephus be true , we are sure that Arithmetic must have been known and practised by the Chaldæans about the time of their first settling in that country . d " The ...
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... whence are derived Addition , Subtraction , Multipli- cation , and Division : in the proper application of these rules the whole art of Arithmetic consists . NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 10. Notation teaches how to write or express numbers ...
... whence are derived Addition , Subtraction , Multipli- cation , and Division : in the proper application of these rules the whole art of Arithmetic consists . NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 10. Notation teaches how to write or express numbers ...
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... whence proceeding as before we have , 1 Hundred Thousands , 2 Hundred Thousands , 3 Hundred Thousands , & c . up to Ten Hundred Thousands , or 1 Million , & c . & c . : 16. Hence it appears , that 1 ten is ten units ; 2 tens , twenty ...
... whence proceeding as before we have , 1 Hundred Thousands , 2 Hundred Thousands , 3 Hundred Thousands , & c . up to Ten Hundred Thousands , or 1 Million , & c . & c . : 16. Hence it appears , that 1 ten is ten units ; 2 tens , twenty ...
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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...