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Σελίδα xxiii
... Difference between Mathematical Demonstration and Moral Evidence . Demonstration differs from Moral Evidence in the following particulars . 1. Demonstration is employed about abstract truths , and the necessary relations of ideas , viz ...
... Difference between Mathematical Demonstration and Moral Evidence . Demonstration differs from Moral Evidence in the following particulars . 1. Demonstration is employed about abstract truths , and the necessary relations of ideas , viz ...
Σελίδα xliv
... difference is , that the reasonings of these were always founded on truth or ( where that could not be obtained ) strong probability , and had the discovery of truth for their object ; while those of the schoolmen were too often founded ...
... difference is , that the reasonings of these were always founded on truth or ( where that could not be obtained ) strong probability , and had the discovery of truth for their object ; while those of the schoolmen were too often founded ...
Σελίδα 12
... differences , ratios , proportions , progressions , powers , roots , & c . in the most general and abstracted manner ; it considers them purely as numbers , and has no reference to any application or use , except that of deducing one ...
... differences , ratios , proportions , progressions , powers , roots , & c . in the most general and abstracted manner ; it considers them purely as numbers , and has no reference to any application or use , except that of deducing one ...
Σελίδα 25
... difference is known . The mark for Subtraction is it is named minus , ( or less , ) and shews that the number following the sign is to be taken from the number which stands before it . ; RULE I. Place the less number below the greater ...
... difference is known . The mark for Subtraction is it is named minus , ( or less , ) and shews that the number following the sign is to be taken from the number which stands before it . ; RULE I. Place the less number below the greater ...
Σελίδα 26
... difference re- quired . Method of Proof . Add the difference found and the less num- ber together , then if the sum be equal to the greater number , the work is right " . • To shew that this rule has its foundation in Notation , let it ...
... difference re- quired . Method of Proof . Add the difference found and the less num- ber together , then if the sum be equal to the greater number , the work is right " . • To shew that this rule has its foundation in Notation , let it ...
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Σελίδα xxii - Just so it is in the mind; would you have a man reason well, you must use him to it betimes, exercise his mind in observing the connection of ideas and following them in train. Nothing does this better than mathematics, which therefore I think should be taught all those who have the time and opportunity, not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures...
Σελίδα 48 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Σελίδα 98 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Σελίδα 42 - AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams, dr. make 1 ounce, - - - - oz. 16 ounces - - - 1 pound, - - - - Ib. 28 pounds - - - 1 quarter, - - - qr. 4 quarters - - - 1 hundred weight, - cwt. 20 hundred weight, 1 ton, T.
Σελίδα 448 - What number is that, which, being divided by the product of its digits, the quotient is 3 ; and if 18 be added to it, the digits will be inverted ? Ans.
Σελίδα 54 - M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.
Σελίδα 106 - State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Σελίδα 234 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Σελίδα 432 - A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to- the greyhound's 3, but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300.
Σελίδα 138 - To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction, having a given denominator. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and place the product over the said denominator, and it will form the fraction required.