Evolution: or The power, and operation of numbers, in the statement, the calculation, the distribution, and the arrangement of quantitiesLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1835 - 160 σελίδες |
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... attend to the mode of stating them , and to some other par- ticulars respecting them , as here described . 34 , FRACTIONS , as I have stated , are PARTS : and , Ꭰ as I have likewise stated , parts of every size OF FRACTIONS . 17.
... attend to the mode of stating them , and to some other par- ticulars respecting them , as here described . 34 , FRACTIONS , as I have stated , are PARTS : and , Ꭰ as I have likewise stated , parts of every size OF FRACTIONS . 17.
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... described by this fraction ? The other figure tells us this ; the figure 7 gives us this number , and it is , therefore , called the numberer ; or , from the Latin , NUMERATOR . And , so these are the terms . these are the uses of the ...
... described by this fraction ? The other figure tells us this ; the figure 7 gives us this number , and it is , therefore , called the numberer ; or , from the Latin , NUMERATOR . And , so these are the terms . these are the uses of the ...
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... described in two long lines of figures . 5 2357 11785 : for 45. But the same value , as I have said , is often expressed by a short fraction , as by a long one ; as , for example , describes as much as in both these expressions , the ...
... described in two long lines of figures . 5 2357 11785 : for 45. But the same value , as I have said , is often expressed by a short fraction , as by a long one ; as , for example , describes as much as in both these expressions , the ...
Σελίδα 26
... described by the frac- tion bears to the whole thing spoken of . This point needs no illustration here . The numerator , therefore , and the denominator of a fraction , bear a proportion towards each other . But the proportion of ...
... described by the frac- tion bears to the whole thing spoken of . This point needs no illustration here . The numerator , therefore , and the denominator of a fraction , bear a proportion towards each other . But the proportion of ...
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... described , and being , therefore , more readily applicable to ordinary affairs , they , when we would distinguish them from the fractions of which we are now to treat , are called VULGAR FRACTIONS ; whilst these , for the purpose of ...
... described , and being , therefore , more readily applicable to ordinary affairs , they , when we would distinguish them from the fractions of which we are now to treat , are called VULGAR FRACTIONS ; whilst these , for the purpose of ...
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40 inches addition annex ARTICLE breadth bushels called ciphers contain cube numbers cube root cubic foot cubic inches decimal expression decimal figures decimal point denominator described dimensions dividend divisor enlarge equal example extract the cube feet fifth foot foregoing four frac gallons geometrical given number improper fraction inch broad inch cubes inches long increase integer involution larger number layers length logarithm long division manner mark matter measure merators metic middle term mode multiplied number of figures observe operation paragraph parallelograms primary cube principle prisms proceed proper fraction purpose quantity quarters quotient ratio RECURRING decimals reduced remainder roots of numbers rule second power series of numbers sides small numbers small squares smaller square inch square number square root step subtract Subtrahend suppose Tables tenths thickness third power three figures tion twelfth vulgar fractions whilst whole number write yards
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Σελίδα 157 - The goods are to be heaped up in the form of a cone, to a height above the rim of the measure of at least a of its depth.
Σελίδα 157 - ... of its depth. The outside diameter of Measures used for heaped goods are to be at least double the depth, consequently not less than the following dimensions : — Bushel, 19± inches I Peck, 12± inches Half-bush.
Σελίδα 14 - ... the same proportion to the third as the second does to the first. The thing we have first to do is, to discover the ratio between the first and second terms, in order to...
Σελίδα 15 - 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 157 - Measures, described in the second and third Divisions, were established by Act 5 Geo. IV. c. 74. Before that time there were four different measures of capacity used in England. — 1. For wine, spirits, cider, oils, milk, &c. ; this was one-sixth less than the Imperial Measure. 2. For malt liquor, thi»was J, i*art greater than the Imperial Measure. 3. For corn, and all other dry goods not heaped» this was _i_ part less than the Imperial Measure.
Σελίδα 159 - LESSONS on ARITHMETIC, in Principle and in Practice, for the Instruction of Youth of both Sexes; and more especially for that of young Merchants, Tradesmen, Ssamen, Mechanics, and Farmers. By THOMAS SMITH. London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Co.; and Longman, Rees, auel Co. THE "AMERICAN STOVES
Σελίδα 15 - N the principle now explained, we can, in any affairs of business, ascertain the amount of an unknown quantity, by knowing the amount of other three quantities, which, with the unknown quantity, bear a proportional relation. The word quantity is here used, but any sum of money is also meant.
Σελίδα 111 - Pythagoras , that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the other two sides of a right angled triangle.
Σελίδα 56 - ... 27, which is the number of cubic feet in a cubic yard.