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... common Practice the usual Method ( as in Page 18 , & c . ) is beft , and to be preferred before this . Moft Mafters that teach ( and several Authors that write of ) Arithmetick , do teach to prove the Truth of Multiplication , by ...
... common Practice the usual Method ( as in Page 18 , & c . ) is beft , and to be preferred before this . Moft Mafters that teach ( and several Authors that write of ) Arithmetick , do teach to prove the Truth of Multiplication , by ...
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... Common Method of Divifion , without Trials , yet thofe Trials need not be made with the whole Divifor ( as appears by this laft Example ) for by the two First Figures of the Divifor all the reft are generally regulated ; except the ...
... Common Method of Divifion , without Trials , yet thofe Trials need not be made with the whole Divifor ( as appears by this laft Example ) for by the two First Figures of the Divifor all the reft are generally regulated ; except the ...
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... common Ufe ; and from thence the reft are computed as in this Table . Gr . Grain . 480 24 = 1 P. W. Penny Weight . 2010x.Ounce . 17560 240 = 12 = 1 lb Pound . Note , By Troy Weight are weighed Jewels , Gold , Silver , Corn , Bread , and ...
... common Ufe ; and from thence the reft are computed as in this Table . Gr . Grain . 480 24 = 1 P. W. Penny Weight . 2010x.Ounce . 17560 240 = 12 = 1 lb Pound . Note , By Troy Weight are weighed Jewels , Gold , Silver , Corn , Bread , and ...
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... common received Opinion and Practice of the Navigators or Seamen . Hence , according to the French Account , the Circumference of the Earth ( fuppofing it to be a true Spherical Figure ) is 24899 English Miles . 6. Of Liquid Meafures ...
... common received Opinion and Practice of the Navigators or Seamen . Hence , according to the French Account , the Circumference of the Earth ( fuppofing it to be a true Spherical Figure ) is 24899 English Miles . 6. Of Liquid Meafures ...
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... common received Content of a Corn Gallon : Altho ' now it is otherwife fettled by an Act of Parliament made in April 1697 , the Words of that Act are these : Every round Bufhel with a plain and even Bottom , being made eighteen Inches ...
... common received Content of a Corn Gallon : Altho ' now it is otherwife fettled by an Act of Parliament made in April 1697 , the Words of that Act are these : Every round Bufhel with a plain and even Bottom , being made eighteen Inches ...
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Page 473 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 92 - If 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, how long will it take...
Page 168 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 395 - RULE. Multiply the sum of the two extremes by half the number of terms, the product will be the sum of all the terms.
Page 469 - Numbers z — i and z -+- 1 be even, and accordingly their Logarithms, and the Difference of the Logarithms will be had, which let be called y.: -Therefore...
Page 146 - ... axioms : 1. If equal quantities be added to equal quantities, the sums will be equal. 2. If equal quantities be subtracted from equal quantities, the remainders will be equal. 3. If equal quantities be multiplied by equal quantities, the products will be equal. 4. If equal quantities be divided by equal quantities, the quotients will be equal. 5.
Page 476 - In any triangle, the sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles, ie. t abc sin A sin B sin C...
Page 146 - If equal quantities be added to equal quantities, the sums will be equal. 2. If equal quantities be taken from equal quantities, the remainders will be equal. 3. If equal quantities be multiplied by the same, or equal quantities, the products will be equal.
Page 469 - Term will give the Logarithm to 20 Places of Figures. But, if z be greater than 10000, the...
Page 114 - The particular Rates of all the Ingredients propofed to be mixed, the Mean Rate of the whole Mixture, and any one .of the Quantities to be mixed being given: Thence to find how much of every one of the other Ingredients is requifite to compofe the Mixture.