The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods : Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1863 - 444 σελίδες |
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... figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 , the second for 2 , and so on to the number 10 , — the latter , how- ever , inserting one new character ...
... figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 , the second for 2 , and so on to the number 10 , — the latter , how- ever , inserting one new character ...
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... figures , digits ( digiti ) or fingers , we preserve a memento of the reason why ten characters and our present decimal scale of numeration were originally adopted to express all numbers , even of the highest order . - It is now almost ...
... figures , digits ( digiti ) or fingers , we preserve a memento of the reason why ten characters and our present decimal scale of numeration were originally adopted to express all numbers , even of the highest order . - It is now almost ...
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... figures , with device of place , is to be ascribed to the benefi- cent Creator of the universe . But though the invention of modern Arithmetic is to be ascribed to the Hindoos , the honor of introducing it into Europe belongs unques ...
... figures , with device of place , is to be ascribed to the benefi- cent Creator of the universe . But though the invention of modern Arithmetic is to be ascribed to the Hindoos , the honor of introducing it into Europe belongs unques ...
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... figures , or other symbols . The common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words , written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman meth- od ; and by figures , called the Arabic method . 26. In common language , we express ...
... figures , or other symbols . The common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words , written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman meth- od ; and by figures , called the Arabic method . 26. In common language , we express ...
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... figures ; as in 61 ( sixty - one ) counting from the right , the 1 occupies the first place and the 6 the second place , and so on for any other like arrangement of figures . 30. The digits have been denominated significant figures ...
... figures ; as in 61 ( sixty - one ) counting from the right , the 1 occupies the first place and the 6 the second place , and so on for any other like arrangement of figures . 30. The digits have been denominated significant figures ...
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