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Dr. Hutton's Course of Mathematics was greatly in advance , as to the manner of treating the subjects contained in it , of all works which had then appeared ; and for many years the author continued to improve the successive editions ...
Dr. Hutton's Course of Mathematics was greatly in advance , as to the manner of treating the subjects contained in it , of all works which had then appeared ; and for many years the author continued to improve the successive editions ...
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This is also sometimes 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 ...
This is also sometimes 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 ...
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Then add up the figures in the column or row of units , and find how many tens are contained in that sum . Set down exactly below , what remains more than those tens , or if nothing remains , a cipher , and carry as many ones to the ...
Then add up the figures in the column or row of units , and find how many tens are contained in that sum . Set down exactly below , what remains more than those tens , or if nothing remains , a cipher , and carry as many ones to the ...
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... of 9s taken also out of the sum of the former excesses , it is plain that this last excess must be equal to the excess of 9s contained in the total sum of all these numbers ; all the parts taken together being equal to the whole .
... of 9s taken also out of the sum of the former excesses , it is plain that this last excess must be equal to the excess of 9s contained in the total sum of all these numbers ; all the parts taken together being equal to the whole .
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There was an army composed of 104 + battalions , each consisting of 500 men ; what was the number of men contained in the whole ? Aus . 52000 . 8. A convoy of ammunition I bread , consisting of 250 waggons , and each waggon containing ...
There was an army composed of 104 + battalions , each consisting of 500 men ; what was the number of men contained in the whole ? Aus . 52000 . 8. A convoy of ammunition I bread , consisting of 250 waggons , and each waggon containing ...
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| Title | A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1 A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Charles Hutton |
| Author | Charles Hutton |
| Edition | 12 |
| Publisher | Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 8 Jul 2014 |
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