 A 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.  Euclid, His Life and System - Page 50by Thomas Smith (D.D.) - 1902 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematics - 1890 - 512 pages
...aiid a donkey were going to market laden trith wheat. The mule said " if you gave me one measure, 1 should carry twice as much as you; but if I gave you one, we should bear equal burdens." Tell me what were their burdens. [This problem is said, by tradition, to have been given by Euclid in his lectures... | |
 | Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Algebra (Elements) - 1900 - 460 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, 0 most learned master of geometry. (Attributed to Euclid,... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematics - 1901 - 580 pages
...music : this may refer to the Xfctio Canonis which is by Euclid, and deals with musical intervals. To these works I may add the following little problem,...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... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematics - 1901 - 586 pages
...little problem, which occurs in the Palatine Anthology and is attributed by tradition to Euclid. (_" A mule and a 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... | |
 | Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith - Algebra - 1902 - 436 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, 0 most learned master of geometry. (Attributed to Euclid,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Education, Elementary - 1906 - 670 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... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - Mathematicians - 1908 - 576 pages
...to Euclid. " A 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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