The character 0 is called a cipher, from the Arabic word tsphara, which signifies a blank or void. The uses of this character in numeration are so important, that its name cipher, has been extended to the whole art of Arithmetic, which has been called... Treatise on Arithmetic, Practical and Theoretical - Page 49by Dionysius Lardner - 1834 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...3 The character 0 is called a cipher, from the Arabic word tsphara, which signifies a Hank or ootd. The uses of this character in numeration are so important,...art of Arithmetic, which has been called to cipher, meanirg to work toithfigwet. 4 NUMERATION, [L. numeration Numbering ; the act of numbering, 5 INVENTED,... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...tsjtkara, which signifies a blank or void. The uses of this character in numeration are so iin|iortant, that its name cipher, has been extended to the whole...been called to cipher, meaning to work with figures. I NUMERATION, [L. numcratio.1 Numbering ; the act of numbering, 5 INVENTED, [L. inventut.1 Found out... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...signifies a hlm1k or void. The uses of this character in numeration are so important, that its name cip&er, has been extended to the whole art of Arithmetic, which has been called to cipher 1 meaning to work with figures. 2 DIGIT, [L. digitus, a finger.] The measure of a finger's breadth,... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...counting the fingers in reckoning. 3 The character 0 is called a cipher, from the Arabic word tsphara, which signifies a blank or void. The uses of this...Arithmetic, which has been called to cipher, meaning to work withfigitirtts. 4 NUMERATION, [L. numeratio.J Numbering ; the act of numbering, 5 INVENTED, [L. tnveniu*.]... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1856 - 334 pages
...signifies A blank or eoid. The uses of this character in numeration are so important, that its nair < cipher, has been extended to the whole art of Arithmetic, which has been called to ciphm eaning to work with figures. 4 NUMEBATION, [L. numeration Numbering ; (he act of numbering, 5... | |
| Hoy D. Orton - Ready-reckoners - 1871 - 202 pages
...Arabic word tsphara, which signifies a blank or void. The uses of this character in numeration are BO important, that its name, cipher, has been extended...been called to cipher, meaning to work with figures. INTRODUCTION. QUANTITY is that which can be increased or diminished by augments or abatements of homogeneous... | |
| Hoy D. Orton, Warren H. Sadler - Ready-reckoners - 1881 - 316 pages
...The character 0 is called a cipher, from the Arabic word tsphara, which signifies a blank or raid. The uses of this character in numeration are so important,...Arithmetic, which has been called to cipher, meaning to work m'Ji figures. Measures, to preveut error are generally derived from, -latum. For example, measures... | |
| Hoy D. Orton, Warren H. Sadler - Business mathematics - 1888 - 342 pages
...counting the fingers in reckoning. The character 0 is called a cipher, from the Arabic word tsphara, which signifies a blank or void. The uses of this...Arithmetic, which has been called to cipher, meaning to work \c\tb figures. Standard Measures, to prevent error, are generally derived from nature. For example,... | |
| Hoy D. Orton - Business mathematics - 1889 - 344 pages
...The character 0 is called a cipher, from the Arabic word tspkara, which signifies a blank or raid. The uses of this character in numeration are so important,...been called to cipher, meaning to work with figures. Standard Measures, to prevent error, are generally derived from nature. For example, measures of time,... | |
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