A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 - Mathematics |
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... called Reductio ad absurdum ; because it shows the absurdity and falsehood of all suppositions contrary to that contained in the proposition . 19. Method is the art of disposing a train of arguments in a proper order , to investigate ...
... called Reductio ad absurdum ; because it shows the absurdity and falsehood of all suppositions contrary to that contained in the proposition . 19. Method is the art of disposing a train of arguments in a proper order , to investigate ...
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... called Vulgar , or Common Arithmetic ; but when of broken numbers , or parts of numbers , it is called Fractions . Unity , or an Unit , is that by which every thing is regarded as one ; being the beginning of number ; as , one man , one ...
... called Vulgar , or Common Arithmetic ; but when of broken numbers , or parts of numbers , it is called Fractions . Unity , or an Unit , is that by which every thing is regarded as one ; being the beginning of number ; as , one man , one ...
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... called symbols of operation , and those which designate quantities of any kind are called symbols of quantity . OF ADDITION . ADDITION is the collecting or putting of 6 ARITHMETIC . Division PAGES 125 by detached coefficients 129 ...
... called symbols of operation , and those which designate quantities of any kind are called symbols of quantity . OF ADDITION . ADDITION is the collecting or putting of 6 ARITHMETIC . Division PAGES 125 by detached coefficients 129 ...
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... called their difference , or the remainder , by taking the less from the greater . The method of doing which is as follows : Place the less number under the greater , in the same manner as in Addition , that is , units under units ...
... called their difference , or the remainder , by taking the less from the greater . The method of doing which is as follows : Place the less number under the greater , in the same manner as in Addition , that is , units under units ...
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... called the Multiplicand . — The number you multiply by , or the number of repetitions , is the Multiplier.— And the number found , being the total amount , is called the Product . Also , both the multiplier and multiplicand are , in ...
... called the Multiplicand . — The number you multiply by , or the number of repetitions , is the Multiplier.— And the number found , being the total amount , is called the Product . Also , both the multiplier and multiplicand are , in ...
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ABCD algebraic altitude arithmetical arithmetical progression base bisect breadth centre chord circle circumference coefficients common cone cosec cube root decimal denominator denoted diagonal diameter difference dihedral angle distance divided divisor draw drawn equal equation equiangular EXAMPLES expression figure fraction frustum geometrical given line greater hence inscribed integer intersection join length less lineation logarithms mantissa measure meeting method multiplied parallel parallel ruler parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional quantity quotient radii radius ratio rectangle Reduce right angles rule Scholium segment sides sine solid angle solution square root straight line subtraction tangent THEOREM third trapezium triangle ABC u₁ vulgar fraction Whence