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THE special features of this book are: a full treatment of logarithms and the slide rule; graphical solution of algebraic equations and numerical trigonometry up to the solution of triangles; arithmetical chemistry, and the treatment of variation and limits of approximation. The course is intended for those who, being acquainted with the methods of ordinary school arithmetic up to middle form standard, wish to deal mainly with the application of arithmetic to the elementary problems of science and engineering. Each of the ten chapters consists of a few reference notes followed by examples, some of which are fully worked out. Answers are given at the end. The book should be quite useful for the purpose for which it is designed. There is an error in the formula of Ex. 30 on p. 120.
Technical Arithmetic.
R. W. M.
Gibbs
By. Pp. viii + 168. (London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1923.) 3s. 6d. net.
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Technical Arithmetic. Nature 113, 79 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113079d0
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