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... textbooks on the subject of fluxions , and these rarely included the practical applications which Simpson thought necessary . Very little had been attempted up to that time with infinite series , so that the work was sufficiently ...
... textbooks on the subject of fluxions , and these rarely included the practical applications which Simpson thought necessary . Very little had been attempted up to that time with infinite series , so that the work was sufficiently ...
Page 126
... textbooks on these subjects . Consequently in 1745 he published at London a work entitled , A Treatise of Algebra ; wherein the fundamental Principles are fully and clearly demonstrated , and applied to the Solution of a great Variety ...
... textbooks on these subjects . Consequently in 1745 he published at London a work entitled , A Treatise of Algebra ; wherein the fundamental Principles are fully and clearly demonstrated , and applied to the Solution of a great Variety ...
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... textbook field ex- tend to the subjects of trigonometry , geometry , and algebra . He had a peculiar capacity for simplifying and clarifying subjects which had been presented in an abstruse and difficult way . In most respects his textbooks ...
... textbook field ex- tend to the subjects of trigonometry , geometry , and algebra . He had a peculiar capacity for simplifying and clarifying subjects which had been presented in an abstruse and difficult way . In most respects his textbooks ...
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