The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... thing , reckons ninety for them , and this is called a repike ; and if he reckons above thirty , he reckons so many above ninety . If he can make up thirty , part in hand , and part in play , be- fore the other has told any thing , he ...
... thing , reckons ninety for them , and this is called a repike ; and if he reckons above thirty , he reckons so many above ninety . If he can make up thirty , part in hand , and part in play , be- fore the other has told any thing , he ...
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... thing may be said of the probability of failing , which will likewise be measured by a fraction , whose numerator is the number of chances by which it may fail , and its denominator the whole number of chances both for its happening and ...
... thing may be said of the probability of failing , which will likewise be measured by a fraction , whose numerator is the number of chances by which it may fail , and its denominator the whole number of chances both for its happening and ...
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... thing sought ( that is , of the same kind of thing the same way applied ) ; set that one in the second or middle place ; the other term of the supposition set in the first place , or on the left hand of the middle ; and the term that ...
... thing sought ( that is , of the same kind of thing the same way applied ) ; set that one in the second or middle place ; the other term of the supposition set in the first place , or on the left hand of the middle ; and the term that ...
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