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Page 24
... supposed to be kept in mind ; therefore in a relative sentence , the antecedent , or foregoing word , is seldom repeated ; as , I bought the book , which ( book ) I read , 2. When any word is to be immediately mentioned , 24 THE YOUNG ...
... supposed to be kept in mind ; therefore in a relative sentence , the antecedent , or foregoing word , is seldom repeated ; as , I bought the book , which ( book ) I read , 2. When any word is to be immediately mentioned , 24 THE YOUNG ...
Page 25
... supposed to be meant , may be left out ; as , When you come to St. Paul's ( church ) then turn to the left ( hand . ) ABBREVIATION . Abbreviation is a contraction or abridgment of a word or pas- sage , by leaving out part of the letters ...
... supposed to be meant , may be left out ; as , When you come to St. Paul's ( church ) then turn to the left ( hand . ) ABBREVIATION . Abbreviation is a contraction or abridgment of a word or pas- sage , by leaving out part of the letters ...
Page 62
... supposed to have been of Tyrian or Phoenician invention . From Asia it is said to have passed into Egypt . From Egypt , arith- metic was transmitted to the Greeks ; thence , with its improve- ments , it proceeded to the Romans , and ...
... supposed to have been of Tyrian or Phoenician invention . From Asia it is said to have passed into Egypt . From Egypt , arith- metic was transmitted to the Greeks ; thence , with its improve- ments , it proceeded to the Romans , and ...
Page 63
... supposed to be divided into 60 parts , and each of these into 60 others , & c . Thus from 1 to 59 were marked in the common way : then 60 was called a sexagesima , or first sexagesimal integer , and had one single dash over it , as I ...
... supposed to be divided into 60 parts , and each of these into 60 others , & c . Thus from 1 to 59 were marked in the common way : then 60 was called a sexagesima , or first sexagesimal integer , and had one single dash over it , as I ...
Page 134
... supposed to be divided into ten equal parts , and those parts into tenths , and so on , without end . So that the denominator of a decimal , being always known to consist of an unit , with as many ciphers as the numerator has places ...
... supposed to be divided into ten equal parts , and those parts into tenths , and so on , without end . So that the denominator of a decimal , being always known to consist of an unit , with as many ciphers as the numerator has places ...
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