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1820 June 25 1831 March 13 M 1
Posology

Theoretic or Practical
Numeration
50
Properties desirable
4. Promptitude

2

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Immediate uses of
promptitude — saving
of labor & time: on
this depend the other
three properties —
relation between
comprehensiveness &
promptitude.

Question 1 What How many are the more immediate uses of
promptitude?

Answer. Two. saving of labour and saving of time

Question 2 Are they the only uses? If not what others are
An there that are less immediate.

Answer. Upon this property depend all those other three
properties which were brought to view before this one of promptitude.

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Relation between
promptitude and
comprehensiveness —
if words instead of
signs employed
months or years would
be occupied instead of
hours

Question. How does promptitude is comprehensiveness dependent
upon promptitude? how does promptitude contribute
to comprehensiveness?

Answer. In this way. Such is the quantity of labour
and t Among the operations performed, and corresponding
results obtained, by the use of the sort of signs in question
many might be found, each of which is by this means finished within
the compass of a few hours, but which if words alone were
employed could not be performed in less than as many
days, weeks, months or even years, so that a few of them
would suffice to afford occupation to a whole life
and of the number of such arithmetical operations which at present
are performed and results obtained, all of them in some shape or other of
use not a tenth, not a hundredth or not a thousandth part
could be performed at all.

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This tardiness produced
by the formation of the
words — & correction of
errors.

Question What How many are the circumstances or efficient causes
by which this want of promptitude — this tardiness would be produced.

Answer. Two: namely the length of time that would be requisite
for the formation of the words in question; even supposing no
error to have taken place: 2. the increased probability of errors, by, every one of
which
which if discovered, the
repetition of the operation
would be necessary to be
performed, before a correct
result could be obtained.

Identifier: | JB/135/246/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 135.
Date_1	1820-06-25	Marginal Summary Numbering	23-25
Box	135	Main Headings	posology
Folio number	246	Info in main headings field	posology alegomorphic
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2 / g50
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	c wilmott 1819
Marginals	richard doane	Paper Producer	andreas louriottis
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public		ID Number	46364
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