 My lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely to see your person, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; but, my lord, being by you found out,...  Practical Algebra, 2d Course by Jos. V. Collins - Page 246by Joseph Victor Collins - 1911 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
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...beholding other almost with admiration before one word was spoke. At last Mr. Briggs began : " Sir, I have undertaken this long journey purposely to see your person, and to Icnow by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 494 pages
...each beholding other almost with admiration before one word was spoke. At Jast Mr. Briggs began : ' My lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely...you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; ibut, my lord, being by you found out, I wonder no body else... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
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...each beholding other almost with admiration before one word was spoke. At last Mr. Briggs began : ' My lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely...you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; but, my lord, being by you found out, I wonder no body else found... | |
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...before one word was spoke. At last Mr. Briggs began : ' My lord, I have undertaken this longjourney purposely to see your person, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came tirst to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz, the logarithms ; but, my lord, being... | |
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...quarter of an hour was spent in beholding each other, before one word was spoke; at last Briggs began, " My lord, I have undertaken this long journey, purposely...wit or ingenuity, you came first to think of this excellent help into astronomy, the logarithms : but, my lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody... | |
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...quarter of an hour was spent in beholding each other, before one word was spoke; at last Briggs began, " My lord, I have undertaken this long journey, purposely...wit or ingenuity, you came first to think of this excellent help into astronomj, the logarithms: but, my lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1820 - 306 pages
...word was spoke; at last Briggs began, " My lord, I have undertaken this long journey, purposely to sec your person, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity, you caine first to think of this excellent help into astronom), the logarithms: but, my lord, being by... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...each beholding the other almost with admiration before one word was spoke. At last Mr. Brings began : «My Lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely...you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms; but, my Lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found... | |
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...the other almost with admiration before one word was spoke. At last Mr. Briggs began : « My Lord, 1 have undertaken this long journey purposely to see...you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; but, my Lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found... | |
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