 | Charles Hutton - 1811 - 406 σελίδες
...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 whole number of squares. Now, supposing a pint to contain 1080 of theje grains, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth. 21f 6d, it is. required to compute... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1812 - 620 σελίδες
...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 whole number of squares....supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these grains, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth yja 6d, it is required to compute the value of all the corn... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1818 - 646 σελίδες
...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 whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these grain?, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth 27» 6d, it is required to compute the value of all... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1822 - 616 σελίδες
...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 number of squares....supposing a pint to contain 7680 of these grains, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth 27s 6d, it is required to compute the value of all the corn... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - 1825 - 404 σελίδες
...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 squares ; now supposing a pint to contain 7680 of those grains, and one quarter to he worth I/. 7s. 6d. it is required to compute the value of the whole... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - 1825 - 394 σελίδες
...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 squares ; now supposing a pint to contain 7G80 of those grains, and one quarter to be worth ll. 7*. 6d., it is required to compute the value... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1825 - 608 σελίδες
...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 whole number of squares. Now, supposing a pint to contain 7-80 of these grains, and one quarter or 8 bushels to be worth 27s tid, it is required to compute the... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - 1832 - 294 σελίδες
...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 whole number of squares....supposing a pint to contain 7680 of these grains, and one quarter, or 8 bushels, to be worth 27 s. 6 d., it is required to compute the value of the corn.... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 σελίδες
...on, doubling continually to (¡4, the whole number of squares : now, supposing a pint to contain 8000 grains ; it is required to find what number of ships, each carrying 1000 tons, might be freighted with the produce, allowing 40 bushels to a ton ? Am. 900719925.474099199951171875... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 σελίδες
...of wheat for the first square on the chess-board, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling continually to 64, the whole number of squares...freighted with the produce, allowing 40 bushels to a ton ? Ans. 938249922 ships. PROBLEM m. To find one or more geometrical mean proportionals between any two... | |
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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 whole number of squares. Now, supposing, a pint to contain 7680 of these... 
