Numbers Applied, a Complete Arithmetic, Part 1D. Appleton, 1886 - Arithmetic |
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Page 400 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 216 - Scale: 4 farthings (far.) = 1 penny (d.); 12 pence = 1 shilling (s.) ; 20 shillings — 1 pound (£). 156.
Page 88 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 391 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 199 - ... as many decimal places in the quotient as there are units in the remainder thus found.
Page 44 - THE FIRST, THE SECOND, THE THIRD, THE FOURTH, THE FIFTH, THE SIXTH, AND THE SEVENTH OF THE SEVEN. THESE "SPARKS" ARE CALLED SPHERES, TRIANGLES, CUBES, LINES, AND MODELLERS; FOR THUS STANDS THE ETERNAL NIDANA -- THE OEAOHOO, WHICH IS: 5. "DARKNESS" THE BOUNDLESS, OR THE NO-NUMBER, ADI-NIDANA SVABHAVAT: I.
Page 54 - In 9 shillings ? 2 times 1 are 2 2 times 2 are 4 2 times 3 are 6 2 times 4 are 8 2 times 5 are 10 2 times 6 are 12 2 times 7 are 14 2 times 8 are 16 2 times 9 are 18 2 times 10 are 20 2 times 11 are 22 2 times 12 are 24...
Page 395 - RULE. — From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side separately; multiply the half -sum and the three remainders together; the square root of the product is the area.
Page 328 - The Present Worth of a debt, payable at a future time without interest, is such a sum as, being put at legal interest, will amount to the given debt when it becomes due.
Page 220 - ... recollection of any given facts or observations by artificial arrangement ; and the composition will be a poem, merely because it is distinguished from prose by metre, or by rhyme, or by both conjointly.