A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 - Mathematics |
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Page 67
... Double the root above mentioned for a divisor ; and find how often it is con- tained in the said dividend , exclusive of its right - hand figure ; and set that quotient figure both in the quotient and divisor . Multiply the whole ...
... Double the root above mentioned for a divisor ; and find how often it is con- tained in the said dividend , exclusive of its right - hand figure ; and set that quotient figure both in the quotient and divisor . Multiply the whole ...
Page 69
... double the breadth of L , and N double the breadth of M. At the head of N place the number whose root is to be extracted ; This method was invented by the late Mr. W. G. Horner , and forms only one single and simple application of a ...
... double the breadth of L , and N double the breadth of M. At the head of N place the number whose root is to be extracted ; This method was invented by the late Mr. W. G. Horner , and forms only one single and simple application of a ...
Page 73
... doubles the number of figures already obtained . * This rule is a modification and extension of Dr. Halley's , and was first given in its present . form by Dr. Hutton . See his Tracts , vol . i . p . 213 . The following is essentially ...
... doubles the number of figures already obtained . * This rule is a modification and extension of Dr. Halley's , and was first given in its present . form by Dr. Hutton . See his Tracts , vol . i . p . 213 . The following is essentially ...
Page 75
... double colon , or else a mark of equality , between the couplets or ratios . So , the four proportionals , 4 , 2 , 6 , 3 , are set thus , 4 : 2 : 6 : 3 , which means , that 4 is to 2 , as 6 is to 3 ; or thus , 4 : 2 6 3 , or thus ...
... double colon , or else a mark of equality , between the couplets or ratios . So , the four proportionals , 4 , 2 , 6 , 3 , are set thus , 4 : 2 : 6 : 3 , which means , that 4 is to 2 , as 6 is to 3 ; or thus , 4 : 2 6 3 , or thus ...
Page 76
... double the middle term when there is an odd number of terms . Thus , in the terms 1 , 3 , 5 , it is 1 + 5 = 3 + 3 = 6 . And in the series 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 , it is 8 +8 = 16 . + 14 = 4 + 12 = 6 + 10 = the subject . It is ...
... double the middle term when there is an odd number of terms . Thus , in the terms 1 , 3 , 5 , it is 1 + 5 = 3 + 3 = 6 . And in the series 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 , it is 8 +8 = 16 . + 14 = 4 + 12 = 6 + 10 = the subject . It is ...
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