 | Thomas Pruen - 1804 - 348 σελίδες
...desired that the number of grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation of the demand, was only... | |
 | Thomas Pruen (of Cheltenham.) - 1804 - 338 σελίδες
...desired that the number of grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation of the demand, was only... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 406 σελίδες
...prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised' hint any reward he should ask ; on which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1812 - 620 σελίδες
...prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; on •which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the... | |
 | 1818 - 384 σελίδες
...number of grains of wheat which would be prodnced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without difficulty, acceded to a... | |
 | William Stopford Kenny - 1818 - 260 σελίδες
...grains of corn which the number of the squares should produce might be given to him, one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The prince, astonished at the seeming modesty of his request, granted it,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1822 - 616 σελίδες
...prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; oa which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square oa the chess board, 2 for the second, 4 for the third, and so on, doubling continually, to 64 the whole... | |
 | 1824 - 452 σελίδες
...number of grains of wheat which would be produced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without hesitation, acceded to a... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - 1825 - 394 σελίδες
...prince, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should ask ; upon which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chessboard, two for the second, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - 1825 - 404 σελίδες
...prime, who was so delighted with it, that he promised him any reward he should a I, , upon which Sessa requested that he might be allowed one grain of wheat for the first square on the chess board, two for the second, and so on, doubling continually, to 64, the whole number of... | |
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... one grain of wheat for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling... 
