First B.A. Examination, University of London: A Hand-book to the Study of Latin, Greek, French and German, English Language and Literature, Arithmetic, Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry ... and Other Subjects Included in the Above Examination ...J. Heywood, 1878 - 372 pages |
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... Rules and Formulæ .. 230 Important Propositions 231 Surfaces , Volumes , Volume of the Sphere 231 Surface of the Sphere , Surface of the Cylinder and the Cone Frustum of a Cone 233 234 Useful Ratios and Proportions .. 234 Text - Books ...
... Rules and Formulæ .. 230 Important Propositions 231 Surfaces , Volumes , Volume of the Sphere 231 Surface of the Sphere , Surface of the Cylinder and the Cone Frustum of a Cone 233 234 Useful Ratios and Proportions .. 234 Text - Books ...
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... rule these books are the best to use ; but as some of the examiners are occasionally changed , the candidate should consult the list given in the Calendar of the University , published early in each year by Messrs . Taylor and Francis ...
... rule these books are the best to use ; but as some of the examiners are occasionally changed , the candidate should consult the list given in the Calendar of the University , published early in each year by Messrs . Taylor and Francis ...
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... rule of syntax or structural peculiarity of the language . Reid's Translation at Sight ( 2s . 6d . , Daldy and Co. ) contains an excellent selection of Latin prose and verse ; and though designed for " regular schoolwork in classics ...
... rule of syntax or structural peculiarity of the language . Reid's Translation at Sight ( 2s . 6d . , Daldy and Co. ) contains an excellent selection of Latin prose and verse ; and though designed for " regular schoolwork in classics ...
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... rules are printed in larger type , and those of less importance - exceptions to general rules , and pecu- liarities of poetic diction , and the like - are printed in small type to enable the teacher and learner at a glance to see what ...
... rules are printed in larger type , and those of less importance - exceptions to general rules , and pecu- liarities of poetic diction , and the like - are printed in small type to enable the teacher and learner at a glance to see what ...
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... Rules of Latin Syntax ( 2s . , Longmans ) a handy little compendium , cram - full of information . It can be carried ... rule that the subjunctive is used to express intention and result . Many of these principles are best learnt by a ...
... Rules of Latin Syntax ( 2s . , Longmans ) a handy little compendium , cram - full of information . It can be carried ... rule that the subjunctive is used to express intention and result . Many of these principles are best learnt by a ...
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Page 202 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 303 - If a straight line be drawn parallel to one of the sides of a triangle, it shall cut the other sides, or these produced, proportionally : and if the sides, or the sides produced, be cut proportionally, the straight line which joins the points of section shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle.
Page 329 - LITERATURE with the HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE. The scheme of the course and revolutions of the language which is followed here is extremely simple, and resting not upon arbitrary but upon natural or real distinctions, gives us the only view of the subject that can claim to be regarded as of a scientific character.
Page 351 - Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teemed, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive deemed; And, though her body die, her fame survives, A secular bird, ages of lives.
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Page 180 - ... the sum of the roots is equal to the coefficient of the second term with its sign changed, and the product of the roots is equal to the last term.
Page 100 - At that ever memorable and instructive period, the letter of the law was superseded in favour of the substance of liberty. To the free choice, therefore, of the people, without either king or parliament, we owe that happy establishment, out of which both king and parliament were regenerated.
Page vi - Office, for the advancement of Religion and Morality, and the promotion of useful knowledge, to hold forth to all classes and denominations of our faithful subjects, without any distinction whatsoever, an encouragement for pursuing a regular and liberal course of Education...
Page 308 - Radian is the angle subtended, at the centre of a circle, by an arc equal in length to the radius...
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