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... given of the early history of numbers , will be restricted to those peoples who have chiefly contributed by their discoveries and writings to our civilisation and advancement in knowledge . In the fifteenth section of his Problems ...
... given of the early history of numbers , will be restricted to those peoples who have chiefly contributed by their discoveries and writings to our civilisation and advancement in knowledge . In the fifteenth section of his Problems ...
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... given by Faizi in the preface to his Persian translation , was rendered into English by Mr. Strachey , and printed in the introduction to Dr. Taylor's translation of the Lilavati . The account2 thus proceeds : rical operations are ...
... given by Faizi in the preface to his Persian translation , was rendered into English by Mr. Strachey , and printed in the introduction to Dr. Taylor's translation of the Lilavati . The account2 thus proceeds : rical operations are ...
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... given in the treatise of Sacro Bosco . The following extract from the first chapter of the " Opus Majus " can scarcely fail of being interesting to the student . 2 " There are four principal stumbling - blocks in the way of arriving at ...
... given in the treatise of Sacro Bosco . The following extract from the first chapter of the " Opus Majus " can scarcely fail of being interesting to the student . 2 " There are four principal stumbling - blocks in the way of arriving at ...
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... given by Oughtred and his notation were generally adopted by writers on arith- metic for more than thirty years after his time . Both the English and foreign writers on arithmetic adopted different modes of nota- tion , all of them ...
... given by Oughtred and his notation were generally adopted by writers on arith- metic for more than thirty years after his time . Both the English and foreign writers on arithmetic adopted different modes of nota- tion , all of them ...
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... given consent and assistance to the Jews in that matter . 2 So called from a former owner . It was a small lane leading out of Cheapside , east of Foster Lane , and was anciently inhabited by goldbeaters . - Fuller's Worthies , p . 201 ...
... given consent and assistance to the Jews in that matter . 2 So called from a former owner . It was a small lane leading out of Cheapside , east of Foster Lane , and was anciently inhabited by goldbeaters . - Fuller's Worthies , p . 201 ...
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Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volúmenes1-12 Robert Potts Vista completa - 1876 |
Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volúmenes1-12 Robert Potts Vista completa - 1876 |
Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History, Volúmenes1-12 Robert Potts Vista completa - 1876 |
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abstract number alloy amount annum Briggs Cambridge cent ciphers coinage coins composite numbers compound interest consist contained continued fraction copper crown cubic foot cubic inches cubit denary denote digits divided dividend division divisor earth English equal numbers equivalent Euclid Euclid's Elements expressed farthings feet figures find the sum francs gain gallon Geometrical given number gives grains greater greatest common measure guinea Hence hundred integer Julius Cæsar King least common multiple least number length less lineal logarithms miles minutes moidore months moon multiplied Napier natural numbers notation numerator and denominator ounce pence penny period pieces Potts pound Troy pound weight pounds Avoirdupois prime numbers PROP proportion quotient ratio reckoned reduced remainder repeating decimals respectively Roman Shew shillings silver sovereign square standard gold sterling subtracted Troy weight units University of Cambridge weights and measures worth yards
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Página 13 - ... the ratio of the ovendry weight of a sample to the weight of a volume of water equal to the volume of the sample at some specific moisture content, as green, air-dry, or ovendry.
Página 2 - ... to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, to be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Página 2 - And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
Página 3 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root. For, У2 = %/Ï0^ = 10*.
Página 16 - The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend. The Remainder is the part of the dividend which is left undivided.
Página 20 - In using an imperial measure of capacity, the same shall not be heaped, but either shall be stricken with a round stick or roller, straight and of the same diameter from end to end...
Página 22 - ... standard yard is given by the interval between the middle transversal line at one end and the middle transversal line at the other end, the part of each line which is employed being the point midway between the longitudinal lines; and the said points are in this Act referred to as the centres of the said gold plugs or pins ; and such bar is marked " copper 16 oz., tin 2|, zinc 1. " Mr. Baily's metal. No. 1 standard yard at " G2°- 00 Fahrenheit. Cast in 1845. Troughton
Página 6 - 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, I wonder nobody else found it out before, when now known it is so easy.
Página 25 - JAMES, by the grace of God, king of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith; and of Scotland the seven and fortieth.
Página 6 - Mr. Briggs, to his great contentment.. He brings Mr. Briggs up into my lord's chamber, where almost one quarter of an hour was spent, each beholding other almost with admiration before one word was spoke.