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In most books it runs thus : « Ratio is a MUTUAL relation of two magnitudes of the same kind , to one another , in respect to QUANTITY . " Our first objection is to the term ' mutual . ' It seems to be , It seems to be , we humbly ...
In most books it runs thus : « Ratio is a MUTUAL relation of two magnitudes of the same kind , to one another , in respect to QUANTITY . " Our first objection is to the term ' mutual . ' It seems to be , It seems to be , we humbly ...
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| Title | The Downside magazine and monthly miscellany |
| Author | Downside sch |
| Published | 1844 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 May 2007 |
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