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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... contained in it , of all works which had then appeared ; and for many years the author continued to improve the succes- sive editions , as new discoveries were made or new methods invented . At the close of his long , laborious , and ...
... contained in it , of all works which had then appeared ; and for many years the author continued to improve the succes- sive editions , as new discoveries were made or new methods invented . At the close of his long , laborious , and ...
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... contained in the proposition . 19. Method is the art of disposing a train of arguments in a proper order , to investigate either the truth or falsity of a proposition , or to demonstrate it to others when it has been found out . This is ...
... contained in the proposition . 19. Method is the art of disposing a train of arguments in a proper order , to investigate either the truth or falsity of a proposition , or to demonstrate it to others when it has been found out . This is ...
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... 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 next row as there are tens . Next , add up the second row , together with the number ...
... 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 next row as there are tens . Next , add up the second row , together with the number ...
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... contained in the total sum of all these numbers ; all the parts taken together being equal to the whole . - This rule was first given by Dr. Wallis in his Arithmetic , published in the year 1657 . * The whole body of foot soldiers is ...
... contained in the total sum of all these numbers ; all the parts taken together being equal to the whole . - This rule was first given by Dr. Wallis in his Arithmetic , published in the year 1657 . * The whole body of foot soldiers is ...
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... contained in the whole ? Ans . 52000 . 8. A convoy of ammunition ‡ bread , consisting of 250 waggons , and each waggon containing 320 loaves , having been intercepted and taken by the enemy , what is the number of loaves lost ? Ans ...
... contained in the whole ? Ans . 52000 . 8. A convoy of ammunition ‡ bread , consisting of 250 waggons , and each waggon containing 320 loaves , having been intercepted and taken by the enemy , what is the number of loaves lost ? Ans ...
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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