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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Page iv
... give it that preference as a text - book for mathematical instruction which the original work so long enjoyed . The state of the health of my lamented friend and coadjutor not allowing him to give the attention essential to the ...
... give it that preference as a text - book for mathematical instruction which the original work so long enjoyed . The state of the health of my lamented friend and coadjutor not allowing him to give the attention essential to the ...
Page vi
... give every thing essential to elemen- tary trigonometry investigated in a direct and simple manner , and en- tirely to exclude all matters of mere scientific curiosity , has been my guid- ing principle in the composition of these ...
... give every thing essential to elemen- tary trigonometry investigated in a direct and simple manner , and en- tirely to exclude all matters of mere scientific curiosity , has been my guid- ing principle in the composition of these ...
Page vii
... give , besides the pages of this edition , the corresponding pages of the preceding one : the first column refers to this , and the second to the preceding edition . The few articles brought from the second volume are marked with an ...
... give , besides the pages of this edition , the corresponding pages of the preceding one : the first column refers to this , and the second to the preceding edition . The few articles brought from the second volume are marked with an ...
Page 11
... give the other . But this cannot be practised till the rule of division is learned . Or thus : - Having placed the multiplier under the multiplicand as in the previous rule , multiply by the left - hand figure , setting down the product ...
... give the other . But this cannot be practised till the rule of division is learned . Or thus : - Having placed the multiplier under the multiplicand as in the previous rule , multiply by the left - hand figure , setting down the product ...
Page 13
... give the same product as if it were multiplied by that number at once . Thus , in the 1st example , 7 times the product of 8 by the given number , make 56 times the same num- ber , as plainly as 7 times 8 make 56 . † A battalion is a ...
... give the same product as if it were multiplied by that number at once . Thus , in the 1st example , 7 times the product of 8 by the given number , make 56 times the same num- ber , as plainly as 7 times 8 make 56 . † A battalion is a ...
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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