AN

ELEMENTARY TREATISE

ON

ALGEBRA:

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

ΕΧΡΟΝΕNTIAL EQUATIONS

AND

LOGARITHMS.

BY BENJAMIN PEIRCE, А. М.,

PERKINS PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICS IN
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

NEW EDITION.

BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:

JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY.

Eduet 128.60.680

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
GIFT.CF

GEORGE ARTHUR PLIMPTON
JANUARY 25, 1924

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1831, by

JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY,

the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST DEGREE.

SECTION I. Putting Problems into Equations.

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II. Reduction and Classification of Equations.

III. Solution of Equations of the First Degree, with one

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unknown quantity.

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IV. Equations of the First Degree containing two or