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" A horse and a donkey, laden with corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey: "If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one, we should carry equal burdens. "
Elementary Algebra - Page 155
by Walter William Rouse Ball - 1890 - 486 pages
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Elements of Algebra

Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Algebra - 1900 - 500 pages
...corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey : " If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you; but if I gave you one we should carry equal burdens." Tell me their burdens, 0 most learned master of geometry. (Attributed to Euclid,...
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A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematics - 1901 - 580 pages
...mule and a donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said 'If you gave me one measure I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one we should bear equal burdens.' Tell me, learned geometrician, what were their burdens." It is impossible to say whether the question is due...
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A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematics - 1901 - 586 pages
...donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said ' If you gave me one measure I should curry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one we should bear equal burdens.' Tell me, learned geometrician, what were their burdens."/ It is impossible to say whether the question is due...
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Euclid, His Life and System

Thomas Smith (D.D.) - Euclid's Elements - 1902 - 244 pages
...and a donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said, ' If you give me one measure, I should carry twice as much as you ; but if I gave you one, we should bear equal burdens.' Tell me, learned geometrician, what were their burdens. It is impossible to say whether the question is due...
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Academic Algebra

Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Algebra - 1902 - 432 pages
...corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey : " If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you ; but if I gave you one, we should carry equal burdens." Tell me their burdens, 0 most learned master of geometry. (Attributed to Euclid,...
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Addresses and Proceedings - National Education Association of the ..., Volume 44

National Education Association of the United States - Education - 1905 - 984 pages
...with corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey: "If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one, we should carry equal burdens." Tell me their burdens, O most learned master of geometry. As a contrast to these...
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Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of ...

National Education Association of the United States - Education - 1905 - 982 pages
...with corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey: "If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one, we should carry equal burdens." Tell me their burdens, O most learned master of geometry. As a contrast to these...
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Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the ... Annual Meeting, Volume 44

National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - Education - 1905 - 984 pages
...with corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey: "If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one, we should carry equal burdens." Tell me their burdens, O most learned master of geometry. As a contrast to these...
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The Elementary School Teacher, Volume 6

Education, Elementary - 1906 - 670 pages
...corn, were walking together. The horse said to the donkey : 'If you gave me one measure of corn, I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one, we should carry equal burdens.' Tell me their burdens, O most learned master of geometry." As a contrast to these...
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A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematicians - 1908 - 576 pages
...mule and a donkey were going to market laden with wheat. The mule said, 'If you gave me one measure I should carry twice as much as you, but if I gave you one we 1 It is given (from the Arabic) by F. Woepcke in the Journal Asiatiqne, series 4, vol. xviii, October...
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