| 1833 - 124 pages
...not its object. Its functions, in contradiction to that of all other contrivances for calculatiqg, is to embody in machinery the method of differences, which has never been before done ; and the effects which it is capable ot' producing, and the works which in the course... | |
| edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 pages
...approximate to the roots of equations, and even to their impossible roots. But this is not its object. Its function, in contradistinction to that of all...embody in machinery the method of differences, which hasnever before been done; and the effects which it is capable of producing, and the works which in... | |
| Luke Hebert - 1835 - 816 pages
...the stupendous machine designed by Mr. Babbage, and now nearly completed, the functions of which are to embody in machinery the method of differences, which has never before been done. It consists of two parts, — a calculating, and a printing part, both of which are necessary to the... | |
| Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1836 - 496 pages
...the roots of numbers, and approximate to the roots of equations, and even to their impossible roots. Its function, in contradistinction to that of all...and the effects which it is capable of producing, place it among the most astonishing efforts of mechanical genius. Great as the power of mechanism is... | |
| 1836 - 496 pages
...object. Its function in contradistinction to that of all other contrivances for calculating, is to imbody in machinery the method of differences, which has never before been done ; and the effects whjch it is capable of producing, and the works which, in the course of a few years, we expect to see... | |
| 1836 - 496 pages
...approximate to the roots of equations, and even to their impossible roots ; but this is not its object. Its function in contradistinction to that of all other contrivances for calculating, is to imbody in machinery the method of differences, which has never before been done ; and the effects which... | |
| Luke Hebert - 1836 - 814 pages
...the stupendous machine designed by Mr. Babbage, and now nearly completed, the functions of which are to embody in machinery the method of differences, which has never before been done. It consists of two parts, — a calculating, and a printing part, both of which are necessary to the... | |
| 1841 - 956 pages
...numbers, and approximate to tile roots of equations, and even to their impossiblewoots. Its fi'iiction, in contradistinction to that of all other contrivances...and the effects which it is capable of producing, place it among the most astonishing efforts of mechanical genius, (¡real as the power of mechanism... | |
| 1843 - 488 pages
...approximate to the roots of equaiions, and even to. their impossible roots ; but this is not its object. Its function in contradistinction to that of all other contrivances for calculating, is to imbody in machinery the method of differences, which has never before been done ; and the ell'ects... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 924 pages
...the roots of numbers, and approximate to the roots of equations, and even to their impossible roots. Its function, in contradistinction to that of all...differences, which has never before been done ; and tlie efiects which it is capable of producing, place it among the most astonishing efforts of mechanical... | |
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