The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods : Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1878 - 450 σελίδες |
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... common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 , the second for 2 , and so on ...
... common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 , the second for 2 , and so on ...
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... common and natural cause . The reason for assuming the binary scale prob- ably lay in the use of the two hands , which were employed as counters in computing ; that for employing the quinary , in a similar use of the five fingers on ...
... common and natural cause . The reason for assuming the binary scale prob- ably lay in the use of the two hands , which were employed as counters in computing ; that for employing the quinary , in a similar use of the five fingers on ...
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... common with other branches of the mathematics , is based upon axioms , few in number , and uni- versally admitted to be so clearly true , that no process of reasoning can make them plainer ; as , 1. If the same quantity , or equal ...
... common with other branches of the mathematics , is based upon axioms , few in number , and uni- versally admitted to be so clearly true , that no process of reasoning can make them plainer ; as , 1. If the same quantity , or equal ...
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... common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words , written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman meth- od ; and by figures , called the Arabic method . 26. In common language , we express numbers by the terms one , two ...
... common methods of expressing numbers are three : by words , written or spoken ; by letters , called the Roman meth- od ; and by figures , called the Arabic method . 26. In common language , we express numbers by the terms one , two ...
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... common method , or by both . 2. How many were the members of Congress in 1856 , there being 2 Senators from each State , and Maine sending 6 Repre- sentatives , New Hampshire 3 , Massachusetts 11 , Rhode Island 2 , Connecticut 4 ...
... common method , or by both . 2. How many were the members of Congress in 1856 , there being 2 Senators from each State , and Maine sending 6 Repre- sentatives , New Hampshire 3 , Massachusetts 11 , Rhode Island 2 , Connecticut 4 ...
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