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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 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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... points out the importance of a good notation upon the progress of the science ; it discourages excessive specialisation on the part of 40 investigators , by showing how apparently distinct branches have been 1 INTRODUCTION.
... points out the importance of a good notation upon the progress of the science ; it discourages excessive specialisation on the part of 40 investigators , by showing how apparently distinct branches have been 1 INTRODUCTION.
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Page 292 - THEOREM. If a straight line, falling on two other straight lines, make the alternate angles equal to each other ; these two straight lines shall be parallel.
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