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... Arithmetic 63 The Romans 77 MIDDLE AGES 84 The Hindoos 84 The Arabs 100 Europe during the Middle Ages 117 Introduction of Roman Mathematics 117 Translation of Arabic Manuscripts 124 The First Awakening and its Sequel 128 MODERN EUROPE ...
... Arithmetic 63 The Romans 77 MIDDLE AGES 84 The Hindoos 84 The Arabs 100 Europe during the Middle Ages 117 Introduction of Roman Mathematics 117 Translation of Arabic Manuscripts 124 The First Awakening and its Sequel 128 MODERN EUROPE ...
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... Arithmetic . 63 THE ROMANS 77 MIDDLE AGES . 84 THE HINDOOS 84 THE ARABS . 100 EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES 117 Introduction of Roman Mathematics 117 Translation of Arabic Manuscripts . The First Awakening and its Sequel 124 128 ...
... Arithmetic . 63 THE ROMANS 77 MIDDLE AGES . 84 THE HINDOOS 84 THE ARABS . 100 EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES 117 Introduction of Roman Mathematics 117 Translation of Arabic Manuscripts . The First Awakening and its Sequel 124 128 ...
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... Arithmetic , " in The Encyclopædia of Pure Mathematics . London , 1847 . 23. HERSCHEL , J. F. W. Article " Mathematics , " in Edinburgh Ency- clopædia . 24. SUTER , HEINRICH . Zürich , 1873-75 . Geschichte der Mathematischen ...
... Arithmetic , " in The Encyclopædia of Pure Mathematics . London , 1847 . 23. HERSCHEL , J. F. W. Article " Mathematics , " in Edinburgh Ency- clopædia . 24. SUTER , HEINRICH . Zürich , 1873-75 . Geschichte der Mathematischen ...
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... arithmetic of the Hindoos as useful and admirable as any research of to - day . He is pleased to notice that though , in course of its develop- ment , mathematics has had periods of slow growth , yet in the main it has been pre ...
... arithmetic of the Hindoos as useful and admirable as any research of to - day . He is pleased to notice that though , in course of its develop- ment , mathematics has had periods of slow growth , yet in the main it has been pre ...
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... arithmetic will be pleased to hear about the Hindoos and their 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 ...
... arithmetic will be pleased to hear about the Hindoos and their 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 ...
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