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<p>1831 Feb. 14<lb/> | |||
<head>Nomography</head></p> | |||
<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 | |||
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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
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Jeremy Bentham |
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