 | Thomas Pruen (of Cheltenham.) - 1804 - 338 pages
...grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation of the demand, was only... | |
 | Thomas Pruen - Chess - 1804 - 348 pages
...grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation of the demand, was only... | |
 | William Stopford Kenny - Chess - 1818 - 260 pages
...grains of corn which the number of the squares should produce might be given to him, one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The prince, astonished at the seeming modesty of his request, granted it,... | |
 | 1829 - 446 pages
...since thy goodness encourages me, order thy treasurers to giva me a grain of corn for the first chest, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling the number every time, to the sixty-fomth chest in thy exchequer." The King had great difficulty to... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Mathematics - 1830 - 458 pages
...sold an estate for the value of the treeupon it above 7 feet circumference, at one pound for the fir;: two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling th' price of each successive tree. The value of the estate cans to £65535. How many trees of the above... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 pages
...of the squares of the chess-board should produce might be given to him; counting one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The king, astonished at the seeming modesty of the request, granted it,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 272 pages
...com, equal to the number of the squares of the chess board, might be given him, one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. Ti.e king, astonished at the seeming modesty and reasonableness of the... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess-board, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling continually to (¡4, the whole number of squares : now, supposing a pint to contain 8000 grains ; it is required to... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1844 - 262 pages
...estate for the value of the trees upon it above 7 feet in circumference, at one pound for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling the price of each successive tree. The value of the estate came to £65,535. How many trees of the... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Chess - 1845 - 376 pages
...corn, equal to the number of the squares of the chess board, might be given him, one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The king, astonished at the seeming modesty and reasonableness of the demand,... | |
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... him, — -one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The... 
