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... Invention of Printing to the Present Time . 28. NAPIER , MARK . burgh , 1834 . Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston . Edin- 29. HALSTED , G. B. “ Note on the First English Euclid , " American Journal of Mathematics , Vol . II . , 1879 ...
... Invention of Printing to the Present Time . 28. NAPIER , MARK . burgh , 1834 . Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston . Edin- 29. HALSTED , G. B. “ Note on the First English Euclid , " American Journal of Mathematics , Vol . II . , 1879 ...
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... invention of the " Arabic notation " ; they will marvel at the thousands of years which elapsed before people had even thought of introducing into the numeral notation that Columbus - egg- the zero ; they will find it astounding that it ...
... invention of the " Arabic notation " ; they will marvel at the thousands of years which elapsed before people had even thought of introducing into the numeral notation that Columbus - egg- the zero ; they will find it astounding that it ...
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... invention of the sexagesi- mal system ? Why was it that 60 parts were selected ? To this we have no positive answer . Ten was chosen , in the decimal system , because it represents the number of fingers . But nothing of the human body ...
... invention of the sexagesi- mal system ? Why was it that 60 parts were selected ? To this we have no positive answer . Ten was chosen , in the decimal system , because it represents the number of fingers . But nothing of the human body ...
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... invention of the so - called musical proportion . Though we possess no conclusive proof , we have nevertheless reason to believe that in practical calculation they used the abacus . Among the races of middle Asia , even as far as China ...
... invention of the so - called musical proportion . Though we possess no conclusive proof , we have nevertheless reason to believe that in practical calculation they used the abacus . Among the races of middle Asia , even as far as China ...
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... invention in the mathematical sciences . Plato in Phædrus says : " At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth ; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him , and he was the inventor of ...
... invention in the mathematical sciences . Plato in Phædrus says : " At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth ; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him , and he was the inventor of ...
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