The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements; Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition (Classic Reprint)
The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements; Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition For the excellent method of Notation now in hue, called the Arabian, (because the Europeans had it from the Arabians, ) we are indebted to the genius of the Eastern nations. The Indians are acknowledged to be the inventors of it; but, at what time, or how long it was before the Arabians got it, we are quite ignomnx. We have suficient reason to believe that the ancient Greeks ...
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Excerpt from The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition For the excellent method of Notation now in hue, called the Arabian, (because the Europeans had it from the Arabians, ) we are indebted to the genius of the Eastern nations. The Indians are acknowledged to be the inventors of it; but, at what time, or how long it was before the Arabians got it, we are quite ignomnx. We have suficient reason to believe that the ancient Greeks and Romans knew nothing of it, as Maximus Pianodes, the tirat Greek writer who treated of Arith metic according to the Arabian Notation, acknowledges it to be his 0,1iuiou, that the Indians were the inventors, from whom the Arabians got it, and the Europeans from the Arabians. Now, this writer, according to Vossius, flourished about the year of Christ or, according to'kircher, 1270, and this was long after the Arabian Notation was known in Europe. For, Dr. Wallace proves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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