The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4Bradbury and Evans, 1860 |
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Page 19
... method of approximating to the roots of equations , with this difference , that instead of the differential co- efficient of or , the approximation ( P — Q ) ÷ ( p - q ) is used . The equation of the first degree is one in which either ...
... method of approximating to the roots of equations , with this difference , that instead of the differential co- efficient of or , the approximation ( P — Q ) ÷ ( p - q ) is used . The equation of the first degree is one in which either ...
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... method is of great importance and whatever may be said against it by those who do not know its value , there is no system of accounts which can be compared with the well - known method of double entry , by which every account , and ...
... method is of great importance and whatever may be said against it by those who do not know its value , there is no system of accounts which can be compared with the well - known method of double entry , by which every account , and ...
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... methods are practised of cleansing feathers from their oil . Some manipulators use lime - water ; others lime in a different state . The purification of bed - feathers by the agency of steam is now much practised ; in one method , which ...
... methods are practised of cleansing feathers from their oil . Some manipulators use lime - water ; others lime in a different state . The purification of bed - feathers by the agency of steam is now much practised ; in one method , which ...
Page 71
... methods of propagating fig - trees are either by layers or cuttings , and the former method is generally preferred , because the plants at the end of the season are stronger and more fit to be planted out where they are intended to grow ...
... methods of propagating fig - trees are either by layers or cuttings , and the former method is generally preferred , because the plants at the end of the season are stronger and more fit to be planted out where they are intended to grow ...
Page 73
... method . The method of pruning depends in a great measure upon the object the cultivator has in view : if dwarf trees are wanted , the layer or sucker is shortened to about one foot and a half or two feet ; if what are termed riders be ...
... method . The method of pruning depends in a great measure upon the object the cultivator has in view : if dwarf trees are wanted , the layer or sucker is shortened to about one foot and a half or two feet ; if what are termed riders be ...
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