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... progress made during the present century , are put forth with great diffidence , although I have spent much time in the effort to render them accurate and reasonably complete . Many valuable suggestions and criti- cisms on the chapter ...
... progress made during the present century , are put forth with great diffidence , although I have spent much time in the effort to render them accurate and reasonably complete . Many valuable suggestions and criti- cisms on the chapter ...
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... Progress of the Mathematical and Phys- ical Sciences , " in Encyclopædia Britannica , 7th edition , con- tinued in the 8th edition by SIR JOHN LESlie . 27. DE MORGAN , A. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present ...
... Progress of the Mathematical and Phys- ical Sciences , " in Encyclopædia Britannica , 7th edition , con- tinued in the 8th edition by SIR JOHN LESlie . 27. DE MORGAN , A. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present ...
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... Progress of Theoretical Dynamics . 1857 . 100. GLAZEBROOK , R. T. Report on Optical Theories . 1885 . 101. ROSENBERGER , F. Geschichte der Physik . Braunschweig , 1887-1890 . A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS . INTRODUCTION . THE Contemplation ...
... Progress of Theoretical Dynamics . 1857 . 100. GLAZEBROOK , R. T. Report on Optical Theories . 1885 . 101. ROSENBERGER , F. Geschichte der Physik . Braunschweig , 1887-1890 . A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS . INTRODUCTION . THE Contemplation ...
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... against hasty conclusions ; it points out the importance of a good notation upon the progress of the science ; it discourages excessive specialisation on the part of investigators , by showing how apparently distinct branches have been 1.
... against hasty conclusions ; it points out the importance of a good notation upon the progress of the science ; it discourages excessive specialisation on the part of investigators , by showing how apparently distinct branches have been 1.
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... progress was made on this problem by approaching it from a different direction and by newly discovered paths . Lambert proved in 1761 that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is incom- mensurable . Some years ago ...
... progress was made on this problem by approaching it from a different direction and by newly discovered paths . Lambert proved in 1761 that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is incom- mensurable . Some years ago ...
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Page 202 - I was so persecuted with discussions arising out of my theory of light, that I blamed my own imprudence for parting with so substantial a blessing as my quiet, to run after a shadow.
Page 298 - THEOREM If a straight line falling on two other straight lines, make the alternate angles equal to one another, the two straight lines shall be parallel to one another.
Page 21 - The formula states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the base and altitude.