Mathematicall recreations; or, A collection of many problemes, extracted out of the ancient and modern philosophers, as secrets and experiments in ... navigation, musick, opticks, architecture - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1653 Excerpt: ... measures did each of them carry? Answer, the Mule did carry 7 measures, and the Asse 5 measures: for if the Mule had one of the measures of the Asses loading, then the Mule would have 8 measures, which is double to 4,and giving one to the Asse, each 6F them would have equals burthens s to wit, 6 measures apiece.-i...,.'. Os the number of Souldiers that sought before,. oM Trcj.;». '., '..-.,1 IJOww being asked by IJesioiuf how many Grecian Souldiers came against Troy? who answered him thus; The Grecians, said Homer made 7 fircs.or had 7Kitchins,and before every fir„ or in every Kitchin there were 50 broa ches turning to rost a great quantise of flesh, and each broach had meat enough to satisfie 900 inert: now judge how many men there might bd Answer, 315000.' that isthreehun dred and fifteen thousand men, which is cleare by multiplying 7 by 50, and the product by 500 makes the said 31 jooo. K4 Of Ai A„i t vr which r ' ' AbiKt the bettrt /nJj-"J COme one asked a Mathemacian what a clocke it was;who answered that the rest of the day is fonre thirds of that which is past: now judge what a clock it is. Answer, if the day were according to the Jewes and ancient Romanes, which mace it alwayes to bej» houres, it was then the;,houre, and one seventh of an honce, so there remained of the whole day 6f that is, 6 houres, and 6 sevenths of an hour.Nowif youtake the f of 5 j it is " or 1 and 7,which multipled by 4 makes 6 and which is the remainder qf the day,as before: but if the day had beerr4 houres, then the houre had been 10 of the c!ock,and two sevf nthes of an houre, which is found out by dividing 13, or 24 by. /.. 1:',. There might have been added many curious propositions in this kinde,but they would be too difficult for the most...
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