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<p>1831 Feb. 14<lb/> | |||
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<p><del></del> Conciseness – men, have not (it should seem)<lb/> | |||
as yet been sufficiently aware of the efficiency <add>contribution</add> – the prodigious<lb/> | |||
efficiency – of this quality in language, in <add>to</add> the advancement<lb/> | |||
of knowledge.</p> | |||
<p>It is by this instrument, as it were by the wand<lb/> | |||
of the magician, that the wonders of <hi rend="underline">algebra</hi> have been <unclear>performed</unclear>.<lb/> | |||
<del>The small</del> Be the idea or bundle of ideas what it may<lb/> | |||
the smaller the space occupied by the visible size employed<lb/> | |||
for giving expression to it and thereby making communication<lb/> | |||
of it, the less the quantity of time and labour necessary<lb/> | |||
to obtaining a conception of it.</p> | |||
<p><del><gap/></del> In the <add>art of</add> giving expression to numbers a great<lb/> | |||
advance was made by the Romans by the substitution of the<lb/> | |||
Roman numerals to <del>words as</del> the corresponding words, a<lb/> | |||
<unclear>gratic</unclear> by the <unclear>Gratis</unclear>, in their mode!! is prodigiously greater<lb/> | |||
than by either that made by the Arabians, by whom the<lb/> | |||
<del><gap/></del> <add><unclear>decimal</unclear></add> mode of notation was inserted – the mode taken from<lb/> | |||
the number of the fingers on the two hands, a source of<lb/> | |||
abstraction so obvious that it seems wonderful how any<lb/> | |||
other – should have been taken up <add>taken in hand</add> for the purpose.<lb/> | |||
Note <del>For the</del> however that it is by some other circumstance<lb/> | |||
in addition to conciseness, that the advantages <add>derived from</add> a <gap/><lb/> | |||
be <del>the</del> <add>declared</add> resulting from the Arabic mode have been produced.</p> | |||
<p>By the <del><gap/></del> mode stiled the figured mode of notation<lb/> | |||
employed in arithmetic a condensation as it<lb/> | |||
were of the mass of the signs by which expression is given<lb/> | |||
to the ideas in question is effected: it may be connected as a<lb/> | |||
<unclear>conducing</unclear> engine. By the algebraic mode, a still further condensation is <unclear>attached</unclear>. ☞ Make reference here to J.B.'s<lb/> | |||
paper on <hi rend="underline">Posology</hi> in<lb/> | |||
which this matter is<lb/> | |||
further <gap/> and developed.</p> | |||
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1831 Feb. 14
Nomography
Conciseness – men, have not (it should seem)
as yet been sufficiently aware of the efficiency contribution – the prodigious
efficiency – of this quality in language, in to the advancement
of knowledge.
It is by this instrument, as it were by the wand
of the magician, that the wonders of algebra have been performed.
The small Be the idea or bundle of ideas what it may
the smaller the space occupied by the visible size employed
for giving expression to it and thereby making communication
of it, the less the quantity of time and labour necessary
to obtaining a conception of it.
In the art of giving expression to numbers a great
advance was made by the Romans by the substitution of the
Roman numerals to words as the corresponding words, a
gratic by the Gratis, in their mode!! is prodigiously greater
than by either that made by the Arabians, by whom the
decimal mode of notation was inserted – the mode taken from
the number of the fingers on the two hands, a source of
abstraction so obvious that it seems wonderful how any
other – should have been taken up taken in hand for the purpose.
Note For the however that it is by some other circumstance
in addition to conciseness, that the advantages derived from a
be the declared resulting from the Arabic mode have been produced.
By the mode stiled the figured mode of notation
employed in arithmetic a condensation as it
were of the mass of the signs by which expression is given
to the ideas in question is effected: it may be connected as a
conducing engine. By the algebraic mode, a still further condensation is attached. ☞ Make reference here to J.B.'s
paper on Posology in
which this matter is
further and developed.
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