 Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these...  Rational arithmetic - Page 210by Sarah Porter - 1852 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised' hint any reward he should ask ; on which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on •which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...prince, who was so delighted wiib •with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on \vhich Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board. 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on,. doubling continually, to 64, the •whole... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; oa which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square oa the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64 the whole... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 404 pages
...showed it to his prime, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should a I, , upon which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, two for the second, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of squares... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 660 pages
...was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on which Sessa requeoted that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess buard, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...it to his prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually to 64, the whole number... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...One Sessa, an Indian, having first discovered the game of chess, showed it to his prince, Shehram, who was so delighted with the invention, that he bid him ask what he would, as a reward for his ingenuity: upon which, Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...interest ? 25. Sysla, the reputed inventor of the game of chess, is said to have asked as a reward, one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess-board, two for the second, and so on in geometrical progression. What would have been the amount of his reward, there being 64 squares on... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...interest 1 25. Sysla, the reputed inventor of the game of chess, is said to have asked as a reward, one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess-board, two for the second, and so on in geometrical progression. What would have been the amount of his reward, there being 64 squares on... | |
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