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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... multiply the sum of twice the first factor and the second ( 2 a + b ) , by the second ( b ) , and subtract this product ( 2 a b + b ) from a2 If the root to be extracted be expressed by an odd number , the sign of the root will be the ...
... multiply the sum of twice the first factor and the second ( 2 a + b ) , by the second ( b ) , and subtract this product ( 2 a b + b ) from a2 If the root to be extracted be expressed by an odd number , the sign of the root will be the ...
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... multiplied by the same quantity , the results will be equal . An equation may be cleared of fractions , by multiplying every term , successively , by the denominators of those fractions , except- ing those terms in which the ...
... multiplied by the same quantity , the results will be equal . An equation may be cleared of fractions , by multiplying every term , successively , by the denominators of those fractions , except- ing those terms in which the ...
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... multiply the terms of the first equation by the co - efficient of the unknown quantity in the second , and the terms of the second equation by the co- efficient of the same unknown quantity in the first ; then add , or subtract , the ...
... multiply the terms of the first equation by the co - efficient of the unknown quantity in the second , and the terms of the second equation by the co- efficient of the same unknown quantity in the first ; then add , or subtract , the ...
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... multiply extremes and means , & c . there arises p x = bp bp - bx , or bx + px = bp , and x = ' b + p ' the side of the square sought ; that is , a fourth proportional to the base and perpen- dicular , and the sum of the two , taking ...
... multiply extremes and means , & c . there arises p x = bp bp - bx , or bx + px = bp , and x = ' b + p ' the side of the square sought ; that is , a fourth proportional to the base and perpen- dicular , and the sum of the two , taking ...
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... multiplying any two or three of these together , you will find the compound aliquot parts , viz . 4 , 6 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 20 , 30 . Aliquot parts must not be confounded with commensurable ones ; for though the former be all commensurable ...
... multiplying any two or three of these together , you will find the compound aliquot parts , viz . 4 , 6 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 20 , 30 . Aliquot parts must not be confounded with commensurable ones ; for though the former be all commensurable ...
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