 | 1843 - 684 pages
...sciences, and the plentiful fountain of advantage to human affairs. In which last respect, we may be said to receive from the mathematics, the principal delights of life, securities of health, increase of fortune, and conveniencies of labour : that we dwell elegantly and commodiously, build... | |
 | Robert Édouard Moritz - Mathematics - 1914 - 436 pages
...Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to Human Affairs. In which last Respect, we may be said to receive from the Mathematics, the principal Delights of Life, Securities of Health, Increase of Fortune, and Conveniences of Labour: That we dwell elegantly and commodiously, build decent... | |
 | Liba Chaia Taub, Frances Willmoth - Science - 2006 - 21 pages
...numerous benefits of mathematics. Barrow gives an extensive list of such advantages, which show how 'we receive from the Mathematics, the principal Delights of Life, Securities of Health, Increase of Fortune, and Conveniences of Labour' (p. xxix). Arbuthnot's essay developed similar themes... | |
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Vol. 8, p. 47. 1572. [Mathematics] is the fruitful Parent of, I had almost said all, Arts, the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to Human Affairs. In which last Respect, we may be said to receive from the Mathematics,... 