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Side xiii
... relax his ardour ; it will by degrees bring on an increasing indifference to his duty , and at length reduce him to the state of a mere machine . be constituted the only proper season for his improvement , are PREFACE . xiii.
... relax his ardour ; it will by degrees bring on an increasing indifference to his duty , and at length reduce him to the state of a mere machine . be constituted the only proper season for his improvement , are PREFACE . xiii.
Side xiv
Charles Butler. constituted the only proper season for his improvement , are irrecoverably lost . When arrived at the state of manhood , he cannot but feel his deficiency , and is sometimes almost half inclined to regret his former ...
Charles Butler. constituted the only proper season for his improvement , are irrecoverably lost . When arrived at the state of manhood , he cannot but feel his deficiency , and is sometimes almost half inclined to regret his former ...
Side xvi
... proper sense of the word , a beginner , consequently unac- quainted with even the rudiments of science ; and from common principles known and acknowledged by all , it pro- ceeds by easy and almost imperceptible gradations , to lead him ...
... proper sense of the word , a beginner , consequently unac- quainted with even the rudiments of science ; and from common principles known and acknowledged by all , it pro- ceeds by easy and almost imperceptible gradations , to lead him ...
Side xxv
... proper sphere . Some have greatly erred in this particular , who , because they could demonstrate a few things , became so unaccountably enamoured with the seducing charms of demonstration , as scarcely to believe any thing on evidence ...
... proper sphere . Some have greatly erred in this particular , who , because they could demonstrate a few things , became so unaccountably enamoured with the seducing charms of demonstration , as scarcely to believe any thing on evidence ...
Side xxvii
... proper means to cleanse it from error , and restore that natural exercise of its faculties . " Lord Bacon represents the Mathematics as eminently adapted to correct the irregularities , and remedy the defects of the mind , equally ...
... proper means to cleanse it from error , and restore that natural exercise of its faculties . " Lord Bacon represents the Mathematics as eminently adapted to correct the irregularities , and remedy the defects of the mind , equally ...
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Side xxvi - Just so it is in the mind ; would you have a man reason well, you must use him to it betimes, exercise his mind in observing the connection of ideas and following them in train. Nothing does this better than mathematics, which therefore I think should be taught all those who have the time and opportunity, not so much to' make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures...
Side 64 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Side 114 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Side 466 - What number is that, which, being divided by the product of its digits, the quotient is 3 ; and if 18 be added to it, the digits will be inverted ? Ans.
Side 62 - Square Measure 144 square inches = 1 square, foot 9 square feet = 1...
Side 122 - State and reduce the terms as in the Rule of Three Direct. 2. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Side 252 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Side 450 - A hare is 50 leaps before a greyhound, and takes 4 leaps to- the greyhound's 3, but 2 of the greyhound's leaps are as much as 3 of the hare's ; how many leaps must the greyhound take to catch the hare ? Ans. 300.
Side 307 - Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.
Side 238 - ... 2. Multiply each term in the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest, by the feet in the multiplier, and write...