Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 411
... Sometimes it is convenient to exprefs by letters , Thus , let the given fum be 100 , and the difference 24 . not the unknown quantities themselves , but fome o- ther quantities connected with them , as their fum , difference , & c ...
... Sometimes it is convenient to exprefs by letters , Thus , let the given fum be 100 , and the difference 24 . not the unknown quantities themselves , but fome o- ther quantities connected with them , as their fum , difference , & c ...
Page 412
... Sometimes when there are many known quantities in a general folution , it may fimplify the operation tə exprefs certain combinations of them by new letters , fill to be confidered as known . CHA P. IV . Of Involution and Evolution . In ...
... Sometimes when there are many known quantities in a general folution , it may fimplify the operation tə exprefs certain combinations of them by new letters , fill to be confidered as known . CHA P. IV . Of Involution and Evolution . In ...
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... Sometimes different powers of the unknown quan- tity are found in the equation , yet the feveral terms may form on one fide a perfect power , of which the root being extracted , the equation will become fimple . Thus , if x - 12x2 + 48x ...
... Sometimes different powers of the unknown quan- tity are found in the equation , yet the feveral terms may form on one fide a perfect power , of which the root being extracted , the equation will become fimple . Thus , if x - 12x2 + 48x ...
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