The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods : Forming a Complete Course of Higher Arithmetic |
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Among the ancient nations which possessed the art of writing , it was a natural
and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral
figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter
of ...
Among the ancient nations which possessed the art of writing , it was a natural
and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral
figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter
of ...
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It is an interesting circumstance , that in the common name of our numeral 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 ...
It is an interesting circumstance , that in the common name of our numeral 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 ...
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They do not , however , claim this honor , but refer it to the Divinity , declaring that
the invention of nine figures , with device of place , is to be ascribed to the
beneficent Creator of the universe . But though the invention of modern Arithmetic
is to ...
They do not , however , claim this honor , but refer it to the Divinity , declaring that
the invention of nine figures , with device of place , is to be ascribed to the
beneficent Creator of the universe . But though the invention of modern Arithmetic
is to ...
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NOTATION is the process of representing numbers by letters , figures , or other
symbols . The common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words ,
written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman method ; and by figures , called
the ...
NOTATION is the process of representing numbers by letters , figures , or other
symbols . The common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words ,
written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman method ; and by figures , called
the ...
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The place of a figure is its particular position with regard to other 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 place of a figure is its particular position with regard to other 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 .
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