Mentor, or The moral conduct of youth from the academy to manhood. The youth's preceptor; or, The academy to manhood ... To which is added an essay on the extensive utility, advantages & amusement, of mathematical learning, etcSherwood, Neely&Jones, 1809 - 286 pages |
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... metic , geometry , mechanics , statics , & c . or pretends to explain how the earth was framed , and yet can hardly measure an acre of ground upon its surface . The utility of the mathematics in several other arts and sciences is fully ...
... metic , geometry , mechanics , statics , & c . or pretends to explain how the earth was framed , and yet can hardly measure an acre of ground upon its surface . The utility of the mathematics in several other arts and sciences is fully ...
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... metic and geometry , we should have had no such things as regular , fixed music ; and that we could only have succeeded in that art by good luck , or force of imagination , i . c . music would not have been any science founded on ...
... metic and geometry , we should have had no such things as regular , fixed music ; and that we could only have succeeded in that art by good luck , or force of imagination , i . c . music would not have been any science founded on ...
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Mentor, Or, the Moral Conductor of Youth: From the Academy to Manhood ... David Morrice No preview available - 2016 |
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