The parent's guide to a liberal ... education; containing a selection of questions. [With] Prospectus of the course of education pursued by ... Robert Simson ... at Colebrooke house academy |
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... properties may be we know not ; some suppose it to be an opaque body surrounded by a luminous atmosphere . What is the nature of the moon supposed to be ? The moon is supposed to be a solid opaque body like the earth , and to have dark ...
... properties may be we know not ; some suppose it to be an opaque body surrounded by a luminous atmosphere . What is the nature of the moon supposed to be ? The moon is supposed to be a solid opaque body like the earth , and to have dark ...
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... properties of numbers , and the method em- ployed for performing calculations by means of charac- ters or figures representing particular numbers . Uni- versal Arithmetic or Algebra is an extension of the principles of arithmetic , in ...
... properties of numbers , and the method em- ployed for performing calculations by means of charac- ters or figures representing particular numbers . Uni- versal Arithmetic or Algebra is an extension of the principles of arithmetic , in ...
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... properties and relations of objects , whether real or only conceived to exist , which can be numerically compared with each other . The two great divisions of mathematical science are Arith- metic and Geometry . Under the first may be ...
... properties and relations of objects , whether real or only conceived to exist , which can be numerically compared with each other . The two great divisions of mathematical science are Arith- metic and Geometry . Under the first may be ...
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... properties which will enable us to ascertain any numerical results in particular cases when these results may be required . Thus , for example , in common addition we have given several numbers to determine one which shall be equal to ...
... properties which will enable us to ascertain any numerical results in particular cases when these results may be required . Thus , for example , in common addition we have given several numbers to determine one which shall be equal to ...
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... properties and relations of numbers , lines , surfaces , & c . We shall give him an example of mixed or applied mathematics . Example : A philosopher meeting with a false balance ( or one having one of its arms longer than the other ) ...
... properties and relations of numbers , lines , surfaces , & c . We shall give him an example of mixed or applied mathematics . Example : A philosopher meeting with a false balance ( or one having one of its arms longer than the other ) ...
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Page 12 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 15 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 17 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 7 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 9 - And GOD made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters, which were above the firmament, and it was so. And GOD called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 13 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 26 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur Iambus ; Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen lambeis, quum senos redderet ictus, Primus ad extremum similis sibi : non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens ; non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Page 7 - Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness.
Page 105 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them ; the product will be the area.
Page 110 - ... it is so pleasing, that you would give something out of your pocket to obtain it, and would forego some bodily enjoyment for its sake. The pleasure derived from Science is exactly of the like nature, or, rather, it is the very same. For what has just been spoken of is, in fact, Science, which in its most comprehensive sense only means Knowledge, and in its ordinary sense means Knowledge reduced to a System ; that is, arranged in a regular order, so as to be conveniently taught, easily remembered,...