Présentation de l'éditeur
Work, or at leaji the greateft part ofii was originally compofed for my own uje mthe KoYA.h A cademy. And it is upon a prefumption that it may aljo be offervice to others, efpecially thofe employed in a like public way of teaching, that it now appears in theW orld, The work itfelf conijls effx diJ linB parts, or traE ts; each of which I fhall here give fome account of. The frjipart contains a number of Algebraical Problcms, with theirS olutions ;defgned as proper exercifes for young beginners. In the courft of thefe Problems andS olutions fwhereof the greater part will appear to be new) the art of managing equations, and the various methods offubflitution are taught and illuflrated. The fecond part comprehends a variety of Geometrical Problems with theirS olutions, both hy Algebra andalfo independent of it, from principles purely Geometrical. In this part the learner will find a large field to exercife his indufiry in :he will moreover have the opportunity of comparing the two methods offolution together,and from thenceobferving, thatfometimes the one has theadvantage andfometimes the other; that, in fome cafes they both proceed upon the very fame properties, and in others, upon quite different ones :and it miy be further remarkid from hence (which will be of fome ufe to know) that, The fixth part, relating to theD odrine of A nnuities, is omitted in this Edition, and added to thiA uthors Trcatifc on that subje .
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