Elementary algebra, with brief notices of its history1879 |
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... write out more than half of the bookwork correctly . Many of the candidates had apparently prepared the subjects from text - books in which the order of Euclid is not preserved . By this means great confusion is introduced . In June ...
... write out more than half of the bookwork correctly . Many of the candidates had apparently prepared the subjects from text - books in which the order of Euclid is not preserved . By this means great confusion is introduced . In June ...
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... writing was invented . A comparison of the written names of numbers found in the records of ancient nations may lead to some probable conjectures respecting their possible connection in more early times . However interesting it might be ...
... writing was invented . A comparison of the written names of numbers found in the records of ancient nations may lead to some probable conjectures respecting their possible connection in more early times . However interesting it might be ...
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... writes that a sophist affirms of the Lacedemonians , that they scarcely knew how to number . This censure of the ignorance of the people of Lacedæmon , seems to imply that they did not frequent the school in the grove of Academus at ...
... writes that a sophist affirms of the Lacedemonians , that they scarcely knew how to number . This censure of the ignorance of the people of Lacedæmon , seems to imply that they did not frequent the school in the grove of Academus at ...
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... writer than Brahmegupta ) , and that another commentator has named him as one of the earliest writers on these sciences . Dr. Bhau Daji , in his essay , has shown that Aryabhatta was born A.D. 476 , as given by himself in the ...
... writer than Brahmegupta ) , and that another commentator has named him as one of the earliest writers on these sciences . Dr. Bhau Daji , in his essay , has shown that Aryabhatta was born A.D. 476 , as given by himself in the ...
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... writer on these sciences , he improved and extended the knowledge of them as they existed in his time . In the age of Meya , the author of the Surya Siddhanta , the moon's horizontal parallax was made to be 53 ′ 20 ′′ , which gave the ...
... writer on these sciences , he improved and extended the knowledge of them as they existed in his time . In the age of Meya , the author of the Surya Siddhanta , the moon's horizontal parallax was made to be 53 ′ 20 ′′ , which gave the ...
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a+b+c a²+b² Algebra arithmetical progression binomial biquadratic calculus coefficients consist contains cube numbers cube root cubic equation decimal denominator determined digits divided dividend divisible equal Euclid Euclid's Elements expression extraction factors find the number find the value fluxions four fourth fraction geometrical progression given equation greater harmonical means Hence highest common divisor involving jebr least common multiple Leibnitz less letters mathematical means method method of fluxions multiplied natural numbers negative quantity Newton number ends number of terms positive integer published quadratic equation quotient ratio reduced remainder respectively result second equation second term shew shewn side signs solution square numbers square root substituted subtraction symbols theorem things third tion treatise unity unknown quantities
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Page 61 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, which the third has to the fourth, when any...
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Page 11 - But the answer is easy; for by the ultimate velocity is meant that with which the body is moved, neither before it arrives at its last place and the motion ceases, nor after, but at the very instant it arrives; that is, that velocity with which the body arrives at its last place, and with which the motion ceases.
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Page 56 - Prove that if any number of quantities be in continued proportion, as one of the antecedents is to its consequent so is the sum of all the antecedents to the sum of all the consequents.
Page 17 - Collins, dated between the years 1669 and 1677, inclusive; and showed them to such as knew and avouched the hands of Mr. Barrow, Mr. Collins, Mr. Oldenburg, and Mr. Leibnitz ; and compared those of Mr. Gregory with one another, and with copies of some of them taken in the hand of Mr. Collins...
Page 11 - ... instant it arrives ; that is, that velocity with which the body arrives at its last place, and with which the motion ceases. " And in like manner, by the ultimate ratio of evanescent quantities...