The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements. Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private TuitionG. & W. B. Whittaker, 1822 - 332 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vi
... called sexagesimal fractions . And , to render the computation in integers more easy , he made the progres- sion , in these likewise sexagesimal ; thus from one to fifty - nine he marked in the common way , then sixty he called a ...
... called sexagesimal fractions . And , to render the computation in integers more easy , he made the progres- sion , in these likewise sexagesimal ; thus from one to fifty - nine he marked in the common way , then sixty he called a ...
Σελίδα vii
... called Logisticia , written in Greek about the year 1350 ; translated into Latin , and pub-- lished in the year 1600 . For the excellent method of Notation now in use ,. called the Arabian , ( because the Europeans had it from the ...
... called Logisticia , written in Greek about the year 1350 ; translated into Latin , and pub-- lished in the year 1600 . For the excellent method of Notation now in use ,. called the Arabian , ( because the Europeans had it from the ...
Σελίδα viii
... called Algorismus Demonstratus , but it was never printed : the manuscript , we are informed by Dr. Wallis , is in the Savilian Library at Oxford . To trace out the several improvements of Arithmetic in a regular gradation would be a ...
... called Algorismus Demonstratus , but it was never printed : the manuscript , we are informed by Dr. Wallis , is in the Savilian Library at Oxford . To trace out the several improvements of Arithmetic in a regular gradation would be a ...
Σελίδα ix
... called Regiomontanus , from Mons Regius , or Konigsberg , a town in Fran- conia , where he was born . The nature of Decimals is explained Part I. page 89 , & c . of the following treatise . + Dr. Rees's New Cyclopædia , or Dr. Hutton's ...
... called Regiomontanus , from Mons Regius , or Konigsberg , a town in Fran- conia , where he was born . The nature of Decimals is explained Part I. page 89 , & c . of the following treatise . + Dr. Rees's New Cyclopædia , or Dr. Hutton's ...
Σελίδα 1
... called abstract . Thus , if we speak of the number three , four , five , or any other num ber , abstractedly , we mean three , four , five , & c . units of any thing whatever . But , when we consider number not in its general nature ...
... called abstract . Thus , if we speak of the number three , four , five , or any other num ber , abstractedly , we mean three , four , five , & c . units of any thing whatever . But , when we consider number not in its general nature ...
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100 Rix-dollars amount Amsterdam annuity annum answer arithmetical arithmetical progression Avoirdupois bill Bought bushel ciphers common measure compound interest course of exchange cube root decimal denominator difference ditto Divide dividend divisor Ducat ells equal number Examples to Prop Examples to Proposition farthings feet figure Flemish Florins Francs freehold estate gain or loss gallon Genoa geometrical progression given number given sum gross guilders guineas Hamburgh hence improper fraction integer least term Logarithmically London Marcs merchant mixed number months Mult multiplicand Multiply neat weight Note number of terms odd number payable payment Pence sterl Pezzo piastre piece pound sterling pounds present worth principal purchase quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend Required Rials Rix-dollars shillings sold Soldi sols square root sterling money subtract Table tare Theo tret 4lb vulgar fraction whole number yards of cloth
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Σελίδα 290 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Σελίδα 24 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Σελίδα 148 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Σελίδα 216 - Multiplier. 2. Multiply each term in the Multiplicand (beginning at the lowest) by the feet in the Multiplier...
Σελίδα 210 - To extract the Square Root of a Vulgar Fraction. RULE, Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 92 - ... each other ; observing to increase the first figure of every line with what would arise by carrying 1 from 5 to 15, 2 from 15 to 25, &c.
Σελίδα 234 - When any number of terms is continued in Geometrical Progression, the product of the two extremes will be equal to...
Σελίδα 66 - Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number which will divide them without a remainder, and the quotients again in the same manner ; and so on, till it appears...
Σελίδα 69 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Σελίδα 202 - ... 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...