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... decimal sets of numbers . It is that used all over the Chinese empire , and the apparatus is called the Swan - pan . The present writer had in early life the opportunity of seeing how readily and accurately persons of all classes in ...
... decimal sets of numbers . It is that used all over the Chinese empire , and the apparatus is called the Swan - pan . The present writer had in early life the opportunity of seeing how readily and accurately persons of all classes in ...
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... whether in science or for purposes of commerce , as in relation to money , weights , measures , & c . , if the decimal system of subdividing large amounts and grouping smaller were adopted universally . A 8 ADDITION .
... whether in science or for purposes of commerce , as in relation to money , weights , measures , & c . , if the decimal system of subdividing large amounts and grouping smaller were adopted universally . A 8 ADDITION .
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... Decimal Fractions . § 31. VULGAR OR COMMON FRACTIONS . The term Vulgar does not imply , as might at first be supposed , something mean or of small moment , for the fact is the reverse , but is used , in the Latin sense of the word , for ...
... Decimal Fractions . § 31. VULGAR OR COMMON FRACTIONS . The term Vulgar does not imply , as might at first be supposed , something mean or of small moment , for the fact is the reverse , but is used , in the Latin sense of the word , for ...
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... DECIMAL FRACTIONS . In operating with common fractions , much waste of labour and time arises from the necessity , explained in § 51 and § 52 , of reducing the fractions ... decimal multiplication consequently 30 , DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 21.
... DECIMAL FRACTIONS . In operating with common fractions , much waste of labour and time arises from the necessity , explained in § 51 and § 52 , of reducing the fractions ... decimal multiplication consequently 30 , DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 21.
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Neil Arnott. be , and the first decimal multiplication consequently 30 , this divided by 4 would become 40 or 7 and a half tenths , and therefore would still involve a common fraction ; but if the decimal multiplier is made 100 , the ...
Neil Arnott. be , and the first decimal multiplication consequently 30 , this divided by 4 would become 40 or 7 and a half tenths , and therefore would still involve a common fraction ; but if the decimal multiplier is made 100 , the ...
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