in the Military Academy have been freely made, for the purpose of giving to the work a more practical character, and bringing it into closer harmony with the trains of thought and improved systems of instruction which prevail in that institution. But the work, in its present form, is greatly indebted to the labors of William G. Peck, A. M., U. S. Topographical Engineers, and Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Military Academy. Many of the new definitions, new rules and improved methods of illustration, are his. His experience as a teacher of mathematics has enabled him to bestow upon the work much valuable labor which will be found to bear the marks of profound study and the freshness of daily instruction. FISHKILL, LANDING, CONTENTS. ARTICLES When m is entire, am-bm is divisible by a-b... 60-62 ARTICLES Transformation of Equations-First and Second.. Resolution of Equations of the First Degree-Rule. Problems involving Equations of the First Degree. Equations with two or more Unknown Quantities.. Elimination--By Addition-By Subtraction-By Comparison.. Problems giving rise to Simultaneous Equations....... |