 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 sider
...did; and speak with regret of his mistake, at the beginning of his mathematical studies, in applying himself to the works of Descartes, and other algebraic...before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention, which so excellent a writer deserves." — But the mode of expression here used, is... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1812 - 628 sider
...mistake at the beginning of his mathematical studies, in applying himself to the works of Des Cartes, and other algebraic writers, before he had considered the Elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserves." And that what Dr. Hutton here relates is true,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 sider
...and spoke with regret of his mistake at the beginning of his raathe-' matical studies, in applying himself to the works of Descartes, and other algebraic...before he had considered the Elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserves. But if this was a fault, it is certain it was... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 356 sider
...mistake at the beginning of bis mathematical studies, in applying himself to the works of Ues Cartes, and other algebraic writers, before he had considered the Elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserves. But if this was a fault, it is certain it was... | |
 | Bartholomew Prescot - 1822 - 292 sider
...he, " He spoke with regret of bis mistahe., at the beginning of bis mathematical studies, in applying himself to the works of Descartes and other algebraic...before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserves." 37 few years before his master, and, as probably... | |
 | David Brewster - 1831 - 328 sider
...geometry he afterward regarded as a mistake in his mathematical studies, and he expressed to Dr. Pemberton his regret that " he had applied himself to the works...before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writerdeserved.* Dr. Wallis's Arithmetic of Infinites, Saunderson's... | |
 | David Brewster - 1838 - 334 sider
...his mathematical studies, and he expressed to Dr. Pemberton his regret that " he had appliedhimself to the works of Descartes, and other algebraic writers,...before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserved.* Dr. Waliis's Arithmetic of Infinites, Saunderson's... | |
 | 1845 - 334 sider
...geometry he afterward regarded as a mistake in his mathematical studies, and he expressed to Dr. Pemberton his regret that " he had applied himself to the works...before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writerdeserved.* Dr. Wallis's Arithmetic of Infinites, Saunderson's... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 546 sider
...beginning of his mathematical studies, in applying himself to the works of Descartes and other algebraical writers, before he had considered the Elements of Euclid with the attention they deserve." Regarding the study of Geometry as a means of mental discipline, it is obviously desirable... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 316 sider
...mathematical studies, this neglect of the elementary truths of geometry ; and he expressed to Dr. Pemberton his regret that " he had applied himself to the works...before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which so excellent a writer deserved." Dr. Wallis's Arithmetic of Infinities, Saunderson's... | |
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The neglect which he had shown of the elementary truths of geometry he afterwards regarded as a mistake in his mathematical studies ; and on a future occasion he expressed to Dr. Pemberton his regret that " he had applied himself to the works of Descartes,... 
