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The three preceding rules prescribe and explain the order to be followed . The present rule , on the other hand , shows when it is wholly necessary and when it is merely useful . Thus it is necessary to examine whatever constitutes a ...
The three preceding rules prescribe and explain the order to be followed . The present rule , on the other hand , shows when it is wholly necessary and when it is merely useful . Thus it is necessary to examine whatever constitutes a ...
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... Rule V , proceed backwards by the same steps . And if when he comes to the second step he is unable straightway to determine the nature of light , he will , in accordance with the seventh rule , enumerate all the other natural potencies ...
... Rule V , proceed backwards by the same steps . And if when he comes to the second step he is unable straightway to determine the nature of light , he will , in accordance with the seventh rule , enumerate all the other natural potencies ...
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... rule ' , since it will be more convenient to expound them there . RULE XVIII . To this end only four operations are required , addition , subtrac- tion , multiplication and division . Of these the two latter are often to be dispensed ...
... rule ' , since it will be more convenient to expound them there . RULE XVIII . To this end only four operations are required , addition , subtrac- tion , multiplication and division . Of these the two latter are often to be dispensed ...
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