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And his 'arithmetical' increase of food is nowhere explained or justified, nor supported by any data. From Wordnik.com. [Malthus on population, with contempt] Reference
The Maya practiced a kind of arithmetical astronomy and so thought in terms of numbers rather than the geometrical orientation of western science. From Wordnik.com. [The Books of Chilam Balam - part one] Reference
"arithmetical"; and when a high degree of each is demanded, the separation between knowledge and information is complete. From Wordnik.com. [What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular] Reference
"Nature has provided us with a kind of arithmetical instrument more generally used than is commonly imagined; I mean our fingers. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13] Reference
The arithmetical application of the term was similar. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The book contains a good deal of arithmetical calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
One of my loose wires has to do with arithmetical computation. From Wordnik.com. [Living With an Inability to Do Math] Reference
CONAN: You went past my arithmetical capabilities quite a while ago. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Seeger, Singing With 'Tomorrow's Children'] Reference
The power of performing simple arithmetical operations may be tested. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
They are to each other as a geometrical increase to an arithmetical; in. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The red pieces were the winning pieces and each had an arithmetical value. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Games : an historical research] Reference
This experiment will give rise to some good arithmetical problems in fractions. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Even among the nursery rhymes is one that is purely arithmetical (Volume I, page 41). From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
In this manner, the whole treasure would soon be absorbed in an arithmetical decreasing progression. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
The city is regularly laid out, the street and house number plan being arranged with arithmetical exactness. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
A slide rule should be used for the arithmetical operations, as it works to the accuracy obtainable in practice. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
It should not be thought, however, that every exposure on bromide paper must involve an arithmetical calculation. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
He held that thought has in itself no power of development, and ultimately reduced it to arithmetical computation. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
All economical and practical wisdom is an extension or variation of the following arithmetical formula: 2 + 2 = 4. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
But in Mr. Bagehot's view universal and varied representation was of more consequence than arithmetical proportion. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
No system which makes mere arithmetical progression a substitute for intrinsic qualities can long prove satisfactory. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
What's left begins to speak in pulsating waves until new night settles into its own quietly rocking arithmetical ark. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Weather or The Small Truths that are Often Fireflies] Reference
It is based on mechanical or arithmetical associations -- not founded on nature, and is of very small practical utility. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
In addition there were two professional calculators, who were responsible for the accuracy of the arithmetical processes. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
Neolithic, arithmetical questions arising in the course of life would necessarily assume a vocal value instead of a digital one. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
All this is apart from the question of the arithmetical phenomena which, as I have already said, deserve separate consideration. From Wordnik.com. [Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals] Reference
House of Commons a representation of each party in strict arithmetical proportion to the number of its supporters in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
Finally an arithmetical problem on the board caught my eye, and was surreptitiously transferred to my note-book for future reference. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route] Reference
Save in the rare case mentioned, the arithmetical operations, though differently presented, are identical with those of the Belgian system. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
It was now the launch's turn: first the third boat, next the second, and now the launch in proper, though fortunately not arithmetical progression. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
He would sit by the fire at night and cover the wooden shovel with essays and arithmetical exercises, which he would shave off and then begin again. From Wordnik.com. [Children and Their Books] Reference
The terms you offer are so very inferior to what we had expected that I am apprehensive of having made some great error in my arithmetical calculation. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
When he finally gave it up, it was not so much because of the simple arithmetical impossibility of the job as because he realized that it didn't matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Worshippers] Reference
The effect of Aristarchus's geometry is to find arithmetical limits to the values of what are really trigonometrical ratios of certain small angles, namely. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
By the use of logarithms, arithmetical computations which necessitated laborious application for several months could with ease be completed in as many days. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
I was just going to say, when I was interrupted, that one of the many ways of classifying minds is under the heads of arithmetical and algebraical intellects. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
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