 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...is the same between every two adjacent t^rms, viz. when the first is to the second, as- the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the; quantities 1, '2, 4, 8, 16, &c ; where the common ratio... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the quantities 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, &c ; where the common ratio... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the Mb, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the quantities J, 2, 4, 8, 16, &c. ; where the common... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the quantities 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, &c. ; where the common ratio... | |
 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 488 pages
...1 : 3 : : 12 — 4> : 12. 63. Continued proportion is when the first is to the second as the second to the third ; as the third to the fourth ; as the fourth to the fifth ; and so on. 64. Compound ratio is formed by the multiplication of several antecedents and the several consequents... | |
 | John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 822 pages
...3— 1 : 3 :: 12— 4 : 12. 98. Continued proportion is when the first is to the second as the second to the third ; as the third to the fourth ; as the fourth to the fifth ; and so on. 99. Compound ratio is formed by the multiplication of several antecedents and the several consequents... | |
 | John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - Great Britain - 1825 - 1008 pages
...3—1 : 3 :: 12—4 : 12. 98. Continued proportion is when the first is to the second as the second to the third ; as the third to the fourth ; as the fourth to dx fifth ; and so on. 99. Compound ratio is formed by the multiplication of several antecedents and... | |
 | John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - Building - 1830 - 240 pages
...3—1 : 3:: 12— 4: 12. 98. Continued proportion is when the first is to the second as the second to the third ; as the third to the fourth ; as the fourth to the fifth ; and so on. 99. Compound ratio is formed by the multiplication of several antecedents and the several consequents... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1835 - 398 pages
...is the same between every two adjacent terms, namely, when the first is to the second as the second to the third, as the .third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the common ratio. As in the quantities 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, dec. where the common ratio is... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Geometry - 1847 - 248 pages
...ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz., when the first is to the second as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the quantities 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, <fcc., where the common ratio... | |
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Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio. As in the quantities... 