 ... examination of the works of the contemporaries of Newton; works once read and celebrated: yet the writings of the Bernoullis are not antiquated from loss of beauty, nor deserve neglect, either for obscurity, or clumsiness of calculation, or shallowness...  A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry - Page vby Robert Woodhouse - 1819 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Woodhouse - Calculus - 1810 - 180 pages
...somewhat long, and want the trim form of modern solution. They are not, however, therefore the Jess adapted to the student, who is solicitous for just...take the reader more along with them, shew him the £eal difficulties, and, which is a main point, teach him the subject, the way by which they themselves... | |
 | Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1897 - 712 pages
...clumsiness of "calculation, or shallowness of research. Their processes, indeed, are occasion" ally somewhat long, and want the trim form of modern solution....are, in general, the most ' • instructive; they tahe the reader more along with them, show him the real difficul' ' ties, and, which is the main point,... | |
 | Jeff Austin. Brillinger - Mathematics - 1984 - 764 pages
...ones however, let me join Tom Kailath (1980) in quoting the remark that Robert Wodhouse made in 1810, "the authors who write near the beginnings of science...instructive: they take the reader more along with them, show him the real difficulties, and, which is the main point, teach him the subject the way by which... | |
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