Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,2. number1810 - 399 pages |
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Page 407
... side of an equation , and there are only known quantities on the other , that equation is faid to be refolved ; and the value of the unknown quantity is called a root of the equation . 4. Equations containing only one unknown quantity ...
... side of an equation , and there are only known quantities on the other , that equation is faid to be refolved ; and the value of the unknown quantity is called a root of the equation . 4. Equations containing only one unknown quantity ...
Page 415
... side of the equa- and railing the other fide to the power denominated by tion , and then taking away the radical fign from it , the index of that surd . folution of an equation , when any of the unknown This operation becomes a ...
... side of the equa- and railing the other fide to the power denominated by tion , and then taking away the radical fign from it , the index of that surd . folution of an equation , when any of the unknown This operation becomes a ...
Page 436
... Sides BA + AC + AD being given , to find the Tri- angle . Such parts of this triangle are to be found as are necefláry for de- fcribing it : The perpendicular AD will be fufficient for this purpofe ; and let it be call- C ed x : Let AB ...
... Sides BA + AC + AD being given , to find the Tri- angle . Such parts of this triangle are to be found as are necefláry for de- fcribing it : The perpendicular AD will be fufficient for this purpofe ; and let it be call- C ed x : Let AB ...
Page 441
... Sides , may be equal to a given Space . Draw BH , CG perpendicular on the two fides , and But x2 + y = m2 of which the locus is a circle , ha- ving m for the radius . By conftructing these loci , their interfection will give a folution ...
... Sides , may be equal to a given Space . Draw BH , CG perpendicular on the two fides , and But x2 + y = m2 of which the locus is a circle , ha- ving m for the radius . By conftructing these loci , their interfection will give a folution ...
Page 514
... side , still crowned with battlemented walls and ruined towers . Its build- ings , Mr Swinburne fays , are not remarkable for ele- gance or fize ; and contain at moft 4000 inhabitants , who feem to be in a poor line of life . The ...
... side , still crowned with battlemented walls and ruined towers . Its build- ings , Mr Swinburne fays , are not remarkable for ele- gance or fize ; and contain at moft 4000 inhabitants , who feem to be in a poor line of life . The ...
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