The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... equations , in algebra , those wherein the unknown quantity is found in two or more different powers : such is x3- ax2 + bxa2 b . ADHESION , in philosophy and che- mistry , is a term generally made use of to express the property which ...
... equations , in algebra , those wherein the unknown quantity is found in two or more different powers : such is x3- ax2 + bxa2 b . ADHESION , in philosophy and che- mistry , is a term generally made use of to express the property which ...
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... equations ; or , it is a method of computation by symbols , which have been inverted for expressing the quantities that are the ob- jects of this science , and also their mutual relation and dependence . These quantities might ...
... equations ; or , it is a method of computation by symbols , which have been inverted for expressing the quantities that are the ob- jects of this science , and also their mutual relation and dependence . These quantities might ...
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... equation is cleared of fractions and surds ,. If b be negative , or the quantity to be in- volved be ab , wherever an odd power of benters , the sign of the term must be nega- tive . Hence , a -4ab3 + 64 . - of , or a13 × 6-1 ; and ...
... equation is cleared of fractions and surds ,. If b be negative , or the quantity to be in- volved be ab , wherever an odd power of benters , the sign of the term must be nega- tive . Hence , a -4ab3 + 64 . - of , or a13 × 6-1 ; and ...
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... equation is cleared of fractions and surds , if it contain the first power only of an unknown quantity , it is called a simple equation , or an equation of one dimension : if tion 3 x — the square of the unknown quantity be in any term ...
... equation is cleared of fractions and surds , if it contain the first power only of an unknown quantity , it is called a simple equation , or an equation of one dimension : if tion 3 x — the square of the unknown quantity be in any term ...
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... equation ; put these expressions equal to each other , and from the resulting equation the other un- Mult . by 3 , and 6x + 3x - 2x = 24x - 102 known quantity may be found . - by transp . 6x + 3x- 2 x 24 x 102 x + y = a Let sx . bx + cy ...
... equation ; put these expressions equal to each other , and from the resulting equation the other un- Mult . by 3 , and 6x + 3x - 2x = 24x - 102 known quantity may be found . - by transp . 6x + 3x- 2 x 24 x 102 x + y = a Let sx . bx + cy ...
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