2013, ISBN: 1230475028

[EAN: 9781230475028], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te… More...

[EAN: 9781230475028], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: . book iii. progress in science and the higher arts. Prom what has been already stated respecting the character and manners of the Indian islanders, the reader will not expect to find that they have made much progress in the sciences or higher arts. Some, however, they have made, and a description of it will be found highly curious and instructive. I shall endeavour to furnish it in the three following chapters; the first, rendering an account of their arithmetic; the second, of their calendar; the third, of their geography and navigation; and the fourth, of their music and medicine. chapter I. arithmetic. Indian islanders ignorant of arithmetic as a science.--Employ foreigners as accountants, and count by cutting notches on slips of wood, or tying knots on cords.--History of the origin of numbers among them--One system of numerals generally prevalent from Madagascar to New Guinea.--Binary scale.--Quaternary scale.--Quinary scale.--Senaiy scale.--Denary scale--A thousand, the highest term generally known to the native languages.--Sanskrit terms borrowed, and error in doing so--Ten thousand, the common limit of the numerical scale of the Indian islanders.--Javanese alone extend their terms as far as ten billions.--Principles on which the numerals of the ceremonial dialect of the Javanese are formed Origin of the ordinal numbers and fractions Indian islanders acquainted with the Hindu digits.--Principle on which the Javanese digits arefotmed.--Vocabulary of the numerals of twelve languages.--Measures used by the Indian islanders.--Bulk, and not weight, the principle on which measure is estimated.--Example in the corn measure of the Javanese--Dry and liquid measures.--Measures by weight, i<

2013, ISBN: 1230475028

[EAN: 9781230475028], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing tex… More...

[EAN: 9781230475028], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: . book iii. progress in science and the higher arts. Prom what has been already stated respecting the character and manners of the Indian islanders, the reader will not expect to find that they have made much progress in the sciences or higher arts. Some, however, they have made, and a description of it will be found highly curious and instructive. I shall endeavour to furnish it in the three following chapters; the first, rendering an account of their arithmetic; the second, of their calendar; the third, of their geography and navigation; and the fourth, of their music and medicine. chapter I. arithmetic. Indian islanders ignorant of arithmetic as a science.--Employ foreigners as accountants, and count by cutting notches on slips of wood, or tying knots on cords.--History of the origin of numbers among them--One system of numerals generally prevalent from Madagascar to New Guinea.--Binary scale.--Quaternary scale.--Quinary scale.--Senaiy scale.--Denary scale--A thousand, the highest term generally known to the native languages.--Sanskrit terms borrowed, and error in doing so--Ten thousand, the common limit of the numerical scale of the Indian islanders.--Javanese alone extend their terms as far as ten billions.--Principles on which the numerals of the ceremonial dialect of the Javanese are formed Origin of the ordinal numbers and fractions Indian islanders acquainted with the Hindu digits.--Principle on which the Javanese digits arefotmed.--Vocabulary of the numerals of twelve languages.--Measures used by the Indian islanders.--Bulk, and not weight, the principle on which measure is estimated.--Example in the corn measure of the Javanese--Dry and liquid measures.--Measures by weight, i<

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