Dissertations on the Progress of KnowledgeArno Press, 1975 - 477 pagina's |
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Pagina 19
... quantity , and the operations on quantity , by the same system of conventional symbols . Thus , in the expression x3 — a x2 ÷ b3 = 0 , the letters a , b , x , denote quantities , but the terms x3 , a x2 , & c . de- note certain ...
... quantity , and the operations on quantity , by the same system of conventional symbols . Thus , in the expression x3 — a x2 ÷ b3 = 0 , the letters a , b , x , denote quantities , but the terms x3 , a x2 , & c . de- note certain ...
Pagina 70
... quantity of motion in the universe remains always the same . The reasoning by which he supported the first and second of these propositions is not very convincing , and though he might have appealed to experience for the truth of both ...
... quantity of motion in the universe remains always the same . The reasoning by which he supported the first and second of these propositions is not very convincing , and though he might have appealed to experience for the truth of both ...
Pagina 21
... quantity , without which no fluent can be con- sidered as complete . For these reasons , such approximations should ... quantity , to constitute a new series of variable quantities flowing with velocities , the measures of which form the ...
... quantity , without which no fluent can be con- sidered as complete . For these reasons , such approximations should ... quantity , to constitute a new series of variable quantities flowing with velocities , the measures of which form the ...
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