ALGEBRA SELF-TAUGHT.

BY

W. PAGET HIGGS, M.A., D.Sc.

FOURTH EDITION.

CONTENTS.

Symbols and the signs of operation. The equation and the unknown quantity. Positive and negative quantities. Multiplication, involution, exponents, negative exponents, roots, and the use of exponents as logarithms. Logarithms. Tables of logarithms and proportional parts. Transportation of systems of logarithms. Common uses of common logarithms. Compound multiplication and the binomial theorem. Division, fractions and ratio. Rules for division. Rules for fractions. Continued proportion, the series and the summation of the series. Examples. Geometrical means. Limit of series. Equations. Appendix. Index. 104 pages, 12mo, cloth, 60c.

See also Algebraic Signs, Spons' Dictionary of Engineering No. 2. 40 cts.

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Barlow's Tables of squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots, reciprocals of all numbers up to 10,000. A thoroughly reliable work of 200 pages, 12mo, cloth, $2.50.

Logarithms.—Tables of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000 with constants. By Charles Babbage, M.A. 220 pages, 8vo, cloth, $3.00.

Logarithms.—A. B. C. Five figure logarithms for general use. By C. J. Woodward, B.Sc. 143 pages, complete thumb index 12mo, limp leather, $1.60.

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