Dissertations on the Progress of KnowledgeArno Press, 1975 - 477 pagina's |
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Pagina 241
... expressed , has been supposed by several writers of note ( particularly Bayle and Mr. Roscoe ) to bave coincided with that quoted above from Albericus Gentilis . To me it appears , that the very turn of the sentence appealed to on this ...
... expressed , has been supposed by several writers of note ( particularly Bayle and Mr. Roscoe ) to bave coincided with that quoted above from Albericus Gentilis . To me it appears , that the very turn of the sentence appealed to on this ...
Pagina 16
... expression , which gives to negative quantities the name of quantities less than nothing ; a phrase that has been ... expressed more than they were prepared to understand ; —a language which , under the notion , first of negative and ...
... expression , which gives to negative quantities the name of quantities less than nothing ; a phrase that has been ... expressed more than they were prepared to understand ; —a language which , under the notion , first of negative and ...
Pagina 19
... expression x3 — a x2 ÷ b3 = 0 , the letters a , b , x , denote quantities , but the terms x3 , a x2 , & c . de- note ... expressed by the signs + and - Now , it is when applied to this latter purpose that the algebraic language possesses ...
... expression x3 — a x2 ÷ b3 = 0 , the letters a , b , x , denote quantities , but the terms x3 , a x2 , & c . de- note ... expressed by the signs + and - Now , it is when applied to this latter purpose that the algebraic language possesses ...
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