 ... difficulty, and has sometimes given occasion to notions that seem to have no real foundation. This sign implies, that the real value of the quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted ; and it serves, with the positive...  A Treatise on Fluxions: In Two Volumes - Page 160by Colin MacLaurin - 1801Full view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...no real foundation. This sign implies that the real value of the quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed, is to be subtracted ; and...increments or decrements, (that is, whether by addition or subtraction) which is of the greatest use in this art. See NEGATIVE sign. SIGNS, in astronomy. The... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...no real foundation. This sign implies, that the real value of tho quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted ; and...composition of quantities, and in what manner, whether a* increments or decrements (that is, whether by addition or subtraction) ; which is of the greatest... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...quantity represented by the letter lo which it is prefixed is to be subtracted ; and it serves, wilh the positive sign, to keep in view what elements or...parts enter into the composition of quantities, and in »hat manner, whether as increments or decrements (that is, whether by addition or subtraction) ; which... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...no real foundation. This sign implies, that the real value of the quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed, is to be subtracted ; and...increments or decrements, that is whether by addition or subtraction, which is of great use in algebra. Hence it serves to express a quantity of an opposite... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 384 pages
...that the real value of the quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed is to be SIG subtracted : and it serves, with the positive sign,...manner, whether as increments or' decrements, (that is, whetherby addition or subtraction,) which is of the greatest use in this art. See Nz•ATIVE rign.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...no real foundation. This sign implies, that the real value of the quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted ; and...increments or decrements, that is, whether by addition or subtraction, which is of the greatest use in this art. Hence it serves to express a quantity of an... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 358 pages
...no real foundation. This sign implies, that the real value of the quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted ; and...increments or decrements, that is, whether by addition or subtraction, which is of the greatest use in this art. Hence it serves to express a quantity of an... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 pages
...quantity represented by the letter to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted ; and it serves, with tlie positive sign, to keep in view what elements or parts...increments or decrements (that is, whether by addition or subtraction), which is of the greatest use in this art. In consequence of this it serves to express... | |
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