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Page 429
To talk of the ratios between quantities having x in all the terms , when x is equal
to nothing , must lead into endless absurdity . Sir Isaac Newton ' s language is ,
on the contrary , clear , and cannot lead a beginner into error . The limiting ratio of
...
To talk of the ratios between quantities having x in all the terms , when x is equal
to nothing , must lead into endless absurdity . Sir Isaac Newton ' s language is ,
on the contrary , clear , and cannot lead a beginner into error . The limiting ratio of
...
Page 430
First to can never be equal to unity ; you might as well say it was equal to two , or
two thousand , or two million , and that two , two thousand , and two million , are
equal . We shall not fail to impress upon the minds of our readers that such ...
First to can never be equal to unity ; you might as well say it was equal to two , or
two thousand , or two million , and that two , two thousand , and two million , are
equal . We shall not fail to impress upon the minds of our readers that such ...
Page 541
... and the pittance neceflary to let it at work , or to render its profit equal to the
supplying their own wants and those of their family . But neither this industry , nor
the scanty reserve we have mentioned , can be perpetuated , except so long as
the ...
... and the pittance neceflary to let it at work , or to render its profit equal to the
supplying their own wants and those of their family . But neither this industry , nor
the scanty reserve we have mentioned , can be perpetuated , except so long as
the ...
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