A Short History of Greek MathematicsUniversity Press, 1884 - 323 σελίδες |
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... examples of proper names applied by savages to inanimate objects . The same writer ( 1. p . 254 ) relates that some Australians , as well as other tribes , have a series of nine proper names which they give to their children in order of ...
... examples of proper names applied by savages to inanimate objects . The same writer ( 1. p . 254 ) relates that some Australians , as well as other tribes , have a series of nine proper names which they give to their children in order of ...
Σελίδα 7
... examples quoted above , the name of the pattern group ( e.g. ears or hands ) becomes the name of the number which that group contains , so with finger - counting the savage , advancing in intelligence , begins to name the gesture with ...
... examples quoted above , the name of the pattern group ( e.g. ears or hands ) becomes the name of the number which that group contains , so with finger - counting the savage , advancing in intelligence , begins to name the gesture with ...
Σελίδα 8
... in counting is common enough . Thus , beside the examples given a little later in the text , the Bas - Bretons use trio- the common phrases ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι and digitis computare and 8 THE DECIMAL SCALE . Aryan numerals.
... in counting is common enough . Thus , beside the examples given a little later in the text , the Bas - Bretons use trio- the common phrases ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι and digitis computare and 8 THE DECIMAL SCALE . Aryan numerals.
Σελίδα 17
... examples in the table are , as we say , " proved " by being treated backwards . Thus if is +2 , then + should be 2 , and this fact ( expressed in the form 11 1 + 1 = 2 ) · is what Ahmes points out . It has been suggested therefore that ...
... examples in the table are , as we say , " proved " by being treated backwards . Thus if is +2 , then + should be 2 , and this fact ( expressed in the form 11 1 + 1 = 2 ) · is what Ahmes points out . It has been suggested therefore that ...
Σελίδα 18
... examples of seqem calculation , that is , of raising fractions by addition or multiplication to whole numbers or to other fractions2 . For this purpose a common denominator is chosen , but not necessarily one which is divisible into a ...
... examples of seqem calculation , that is , of raising fractions by addition or multiplication to whole numbers or to other fractions2 . For this purpose a common denominator is chosen , but not necessarily one which is divisible into a ...
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Σελίδα 199 - If a straight line meet two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...
Σελίδα 292 - THE rectangle contained by the diagonals of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle, is equal to both the rectangles contained by its opposite sides.* Let ABCD be any quadrilateral inscribed in a circle, and join AC, BD ; the.
Σελίδα 292 - The rectangle contained by the diagonals of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle is equal to the sum of the two rectangles contained by its opposite sides.
Σελίδα 298 - He finds as a general law that a ray, passing from a rarer to a denser medium, is refracted towards the perpendicular : if...
Σελίδα 194 - Give him threepence, since he must make gain out of what he learns.
Σελίδα 56 - IJandnotwith any special problem. course, that most astronomers mean by 'the universe' the sphere of which the centre is the centre of the earth and the radius is a line drawn from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun.
Σελίδα 145 - At a given point in a given straight line, to make a rectilineal angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. Let AB be the given straight line, and A the given point in, it, and DCE the given rectilineal angle ; it is required to make...
Σελίδα 53 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square of the whole line is equal to the squares of the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the parts.
Σελίδα 176 - To describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle.
Σελίδα 133 - Pythagoras changed the study of geometry into the form of a liberal education, for he examined its principles to the bottom and investigated its theorems in an immaterial and intellectual manner.