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Page xvi
... added , by way of notes , brief memoirs of the principal authors mentioned in the text ; some account of their writings , dis- coveries , improvements , & c . with a variety of useful infor- mation of a miscellaneous nature , respecting ...
... added , by way of notes , brief memoirs of the principal authors mentioned in the text ; some account of their writings , dis- coveries , improvements , & c . with a variety of useful infor- mation of a miscellaneous nature , respecting ...
Page xviii
... added , the Algebraic investigation of Logarithms , with Rules for con- structing entire tables of those numbers , both common and hyperbolical . Part VIII . treats of Geometry , viz . its history and use , and describes the nature ...
... added , the Algebraic investigation of Logarithms , with Rules for con- structing entire tables of those numbers , both common and hyperbolical . Part VIII . treats of Geometry , viz . its history and use , and describes the nature ...
Page xxii
... added PNEUMATICS , which treats of the weight , pressure , elas- ticity , & c . of air and elastic fluids , the air pump , air gun , & c . 3. ASTRONOMY , or the science which treats of the motions , periods , eclipses , distances ...
... added PNEUMATICS , which treats of the weight , pressure , elas- ticity , & c . of air and elastic fluids , the air pump , air gun , & c . 3. ASTRONOMY , or the science which treats of the motions , periods , eclipses , distances ...
Page xxvii
... added ; but I shall conclude this long note with part of the Inaugural Oration of Dr. Barrow on his entering the Lucasian professorship of Mathe- matics at Cambridge in 1663. " The Mathematics , " says he , " effectually exercise , not ...
... added ; but I shall conclude this long note with part of the Inaugural Oration of Dr. Barrow on his entering the Lucasian professorship of Mathe- matics at Cambridge in 1663. " The Mathematics , " says he , " effectually exercise , not ...
Page xxxiv
... added , viz . four by Palame- des , A. C. 1190 , and the remaining four by Simonides , A. C. 540. The inven- tion of writing is likewise ascribed ( by a writer whom Pliny has mentioned ) to Memnon , an Æthiopian king , who flourished ...
... added , viz . four by Palame- des , A. C. 1190 , and the remaining four by Simonides , A. C. 540. The inven- tion of writing is likewise ascribed ( by a writer whom Pliny has mentioned ) to Memnon , an Æthiopian king , who flourished ...
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Page xxvi - Just so it is in the mind ; would you have a man reason well, you must use him to it betimes, exercise his mind in observing the connection of ideas and following them in train. Nothing does this better than mathematics, which therefore I think should be taught all those who have the time and opportunity, not so much to' make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures...
Page 64 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 114 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 466 - What number is that, which, being divided by the product of its digits, the quotient is 3 ; and if 18 be added to it, the digits will be inverted ? Ans.
Page 62 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Page 122 - State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Page 252 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 450 - A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to- the greyhound's 3, but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300.
Page 307 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Page 238 - ... 2. Multiply each term in the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest, by the feet in the multiplier, and write...