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Page 148
Hence the reason why respiration is unnecessary, and why the foetus can live
and grow without some of its most essential organs, as is well known sometimes
to happen. The fmtus in utero is surrounded by a liquor called the liquor amnii,
and ...
Hence the reason why respiration is unnecessary, and why the foetus can live
and grow without some of its most essential organs, as is well known sometimes
to happen. The fmtus in utero is surrounded by a liquor called the liquor amnii,
and ...
Page 261
Hence the addition of logarithms corresponds with the multiplication of natural
numbers, and their subtraction with the division of natural numbers. Dividing
them by the index of the power is equivalent to the extraction of the root denoted
by ...
Hence the addition of logarithms corresponds with the multiplication of natural
numbers, and their subtraction with the division of natural numbers. Dividing
them by the index of the power is equivalent to the extraction of the root denoted
by ...
Page 273
... the exponents, till the fractions com- ' mence, are obviously in arithmetical
progression 3, 2, 1, 0. This progression ought to continue, and therefore i is the
same thing as a" ; 5-, the same as I“, and so on. Hence he wrote the progression
this ...
... the exponents, till the fractions com- ' mence, are obviously in arithmetical
progression 3, 2, 1, 0. This progression ought to continue, and therefore i is the
same thing as a" ; 5-, the same as I“, and so on. Hence he wrote the progression
this ...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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