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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. 2. Fo divide à leller whole Number by a prear.
  2. Ad as many Cyphers coche Diridend, 25 (21
  3. leaB) chere are Places in the Divilor.
  4. THuS, 3, 05) 22.0000 (6. 02
  5. Here because chere are four Decimal Places in
  6. the Dividend (by che annexed Cyphers,) and
  7. buc cvo inche Divisor, there mult be cvoin
  8. IAC CHOLKNE
  9. 3. Fo Diride à Whole Number by a Decimai
  10. Fraction, annex (ac leas) as many Cypher
  11. ro rhe Diridend as there are Places in che
  12. Dirisor
  13. EtuS, 365) 220000 (602
  14. Tere there beins chree Places of Decimals in
  15. he Divisor, and buc chrée in the Dividend.
  16. chere can be none in che Ouorient.
  17. 4. P0 Diride a mixe by a whole Number.
  18. 2) 8,030 (. 36
  19. Flere there beins no Decimals in the Divisor bur
  20. chree in the Dividend, there must be chree
  21. 5. T0 Diride a mixe umber by a mixt Num-
  22. 15,. 8687 OC a 27, Or ot a Lound stett B, Oc.
  23. . 8687 OF2 Day = = 201.
  24. 24 (50. 55
  25. 34748
  26. 17374
  27. 20. 8488
  28. 50. 9280
  29. 55. 6800
  30. T0 sind ehe rale ot any Decumal ot a Poune
  31. oF Fnetist Money, chere is this redus LulC I
  32. Practice: suppose ir evere requird co find che
  33. Valuc of. 8687oF a Pound; Doubleche ArAFi
  34. Dure 8, and because 6 (chenexr Fipure) exccedss
  35. add che excels wtich is r, 10 che former Double,
  36. and vill make it 17, accoune chole For Shillines.
  37. Then imaxinine chac r, by which 6 excecded 5 t0
  38. De caken 25 10, and r0 stand betore rhe next Fipure
  39. 8; ic will make 18, From wvhich abare onc, and che
  40. Remainer 17 is the Farchines, wrtich make 4d. r9
  41. (0 chat che Decimal Wwa5 17 5. 4 d. T9.
  42. AIIO. 3r9 oF a Pound =-65. 4d. 39
  43. IEche Second Fieure be jult 5, add onc ro ctie
  44. Shillings, and Accoune the chird Figure tor che
  45. Farchinss; iE ic belels than 5, add nochins ro che
  46. Shillines, buc Accoune ir as lo mans rens betore
  47. chechird Fipure For Farrhines.
  48. Division of Decimal Fractions.
  49. General Rulc.
  50. Whac is ihe Vatuc OE ehis Decimat. 8687, chac
  51. 6007 oF a Pound
  52. (20 175. 4d. 29
  53. 1. 374C
  54. 1. 488
  55. Work in alt Cales asMMon e Is; u
  56. ouly obserre, char chere be just asmany Decima
  57. Places, (and no more) in che Dirisor and Ouori
  58. ene roperher, a5 chere vere in rhe Dividend.
  59. 22)8. orol. 365 22)8.070 1365 221 80, 30l 365
  60. In Decimal Division, there are nine Cales, al
  61. pertormed by che Ceneral Rule wich a ser Di.
  62. rections; such a5 Followecti.
  63. Wrhose Numver.
  64. Toche Dividend add. C iphers ac Pleature, and
  65. the Quorione will be all Decimat ParES, 2C
  66. cordins ro che Number ot Cyphers added:
  67. Chusit 22 ivere co be divided by 365.
  68. 363) 22. 0000 l. 602, 86.
  69. 1000
  70. 70
  71. ii
  72. 11C
  73. ex mixt Number.
  74. in Che Guoriens.
  75. t
  76. Elere che Dividend havine cuo Places oF Deci
  77. mals and che Dirilor onc, there must beone
  78. in che Ouorient.
  79. 0. Fo. Divide a mixt LNUIMIBee by a Decimal
  80. Lraction, 25 it 80. 50 evere ro be divided b,
  81. Dividend, becaule it may have as many o
  82. and ic wilt Rand
  83. 2. 2)80. 50(50.
  84. 365, here odd chrec Crphers 1080. 30 the
  85. more Decimal Parrs chan are in che Dirilor.
  86. 1. Fo divide a whole Number by n Prearer
  87. chus, 365)60.30000 (22 100
  88. 13 Cdc.
  89. and because the Diridend harh sive Places ot
  90. 65). 8030 (. 22
  91. Flere ris plain, the Ouorient must be. 22, be
  92. cause chereare Four Decimals in che Diridend.
  93. and bue cruo in che DivilOr.
  94. Decimals, and ehe Divisor bur chrée, there
  95. muse Be civo in the Duorient.
  96. 7. Fouride a Dechas a whole Number.
  97. 22).8030 (. 0365
  98. Elere necds no Cyphers De annexed, becaule
  99. che Dividend is (apparenes) bigper rhan che
  100. Divilor, bur becaule che Dividend has tour
  101. Places in ir, and che Divisor none; a Cypher
  102. must be presixed in che Ouoriene ro supple
  103. e, and 10 the crue Ouoriene Wwill bC, 0365
  104. 8. Todiride a Decimal by a mixt Number.
  105. T0 divide one Decimal by anorher.
  106. 22). 8030 (5. 6,3
  107. Flere ris plam by the Generat LIIC.
  108. But Comerimes Cyphers must be added ro che
  109. the Dividend
  110. ChuS, 365), 220000 ,602
  111. Where six Places oF Decimats BetB in TheL
  112. vidend, and chree in the Dirisor, chree must
  113. allo be in che Guorient.
  114. Note, That When anv Number (either Decimal
  115. Or MIXC) is given co be divided be an Vnire
  116. wich Crphers annexed thereto (25 10, 100,
  117. 1000, (36.) it is only removins che Separa-
  118. Dividend, as wtien ehe Dirisor is bigger than
  119. erix in the Diridend, lo many Places farther
  120. annex d
  121. coracd che tete Fland, as chere ace Cyphest

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0244?run=74