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Σελίδα xxiii
... tion to the study of Moral Evidence , Chap . 1. A work which I hazard nothing in saying fully merits the encomium which Dr. Johnson has applied to Watts's Improvement of the Mind , viz . " Whoever has the care of instructing others ...
... tion to the study of Moral Evidence , Chap . 1. A work which I hazard nothing in saying fully merits the encomium which Dr. Johnson has applied to Watts's Improvement of the Mind , viz . " Whoever has the care of instructing others ...
Σελίδα xxxi
... tion is entrusted , should be careful to guard the tender minds of their pupils against the dangerous tenets of such infidel writers , by embracing fit opportunities of exposing the fallacy , inconsist- ency , and evil tendency of their ...
... tion is entrusted , should be careful to guard the tender minds of their pupils against the dangerous tenets of such infidel writers , by embracing fit opportunities of exposing the fallacy , inconsist- ency , and evil tendency of their ...
Σελίδα xxxiv
... tion of writing is likewise ascribed ( by a writer whom Pliny has mentioned ) to Memnon , an Æthiopian king , who flourished during the Trojan war . 4 According to the following verse of Tibullus , Prima ratem ventis credere docta Tyros ...
... tion of writing is likewise ascribed ( by a writer whom Pliny has mentioned ) to Memnon , an Æthiopian king , who flourished during the Trojan war . 4 According to the following verse of Tibullus , Prima ratem ventis credere docta Tyros ...
Σελίδα 4
... tion . The most simple method of notation among the Greeks was , by making their 24 letters represent each a number in order , from 1 to 24 ; this method may be seen by referring to Homer's Iliad , or Xenophon's Cy- ropædia , where it ...
... tion . The most simple method of notation among the Greeks was , by making their 24 letters represent each a number in order , from 1 to 24 ; this method may be seen by referring to Homer's Iliad , or Xenophon's Cy- ropædia , where it ...
Σελίδα 34
... tion , add the figures in the multiplicand together , rejecting every nine as it arises , and reserving only the remainder to carry set the last remainder on the left of the cross . 11. Add the figures in the multiplier together ...
... tion , add the figures in the multiplicand together , rejecting every nine as it arises , and reserving only the remainder to carry set the last remainder on the left of the cross . 11. Add the figures in the multiplier together ...
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Σελίδα xxvi - 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 64 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Σελίδα 114 - 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 466 - 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 62 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Σελίδα 122 - 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 252 - ... 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 450 - 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 307 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Σελίδα 238 - ... 2. Multiply each term in the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest, by the feet in the multiplier, and write...