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THIS little volume comprises a collection of questions in arithmetic, the larger number of which are purely and simply arithmetical, ranging from compound addition to cube roots, whilst a smaller number illustrate the mode of solving some of the simpler numerical problems with which the miner has to deal. The work is naturally more or less elementary, and the formulæ given appear to be in most cases fairly correct; in some instances, however, as in the formulæ given under the head of “the barometer,” simplicity has been gained only at the expense of accuracy.
The Miner's Arithmetic and Mensuration.
By Henry Davies. Pp. x + 316. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1898.)
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The Miner's Arithmetic and Mensuration. Nature 57, 462 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057462c0
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