Technical Arithmetic and Mensuration

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Longmans. Green & Company, 1872 - Arithmetic - 308 pages
 

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Page 261 - The solution must in every instance be given at full length. A correct answer, if unaccompanied by the solution, or if not obtained by any intelligible method, will be considered of no value.
Page 66 - BXD' 125. A PROPORTION is an equality of ratios. Four magnitudes are in proportion, when the ratio of the first to the second is the same as that of the third to the fourth.
Page 259 - Candidates are not permitted to answer more than one question in each section. (Marks are given for portions of questions.) EUCLID. The only signs allowed are 4- and =. The square on AB may be written " sq. on AB," and the rectangle contained by AB and CD, "rect.
Page 58 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 278 - Millimetres, or 3-937 English inches. A litre is a cubic measure of I decimetre in the side, or a cube each side of which has the dimensions of this figure. When full of water at 4° C.
Page 271 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Page 263 - Take a guinea out of your pocket, and get the change for it — shillings — farthings : which is worth most, the guinea or the change ? Which is the heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers ? When you have answered these, you shall be told, if you like, whether the objection about shortness has any thing in it but words. Once more : the recollection of bodily pleasures is unsavory, and demands blushes. When enjoyed in an improper manner, let the recollection of them be ever so unsavoury...

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