Mr. Wingate's arithmetick : containing a plain and familiar method, for attaining the knowledge and practice of common arithmetick.

  • Wingate, Edmund, 1596-1656.
Date:
1678
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Credit: Mr. Wingate's arithmetick : containing a plain and familiar method, for attaining the knowledge and practice of common arithmetick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lred ted, ro | nthe | itre | than phe. ue of | any | poh a velore ens of | lands | mp ten | Milli- | ‘the eventih | wvelith | And in | at | s left, | | “ie of | mes {0 anecel | XVI. From the rules aforegoing , an eafie Way may be collected to read or expres the v ilue . of a Number propounded,Viz.Let it be ihe aaa iP ré-quired to read or pronounce this nnmber §2'1426341, Firf, Diftinguith by a Com- ma, Or point, every three places , beginning at the right hand, and proceeding towards the left, fo will the aforefaid number be diftinguithed into parts, which may be called Periods, and ftand thus 52 1,,426, 341. where 4 Pericd. you may note the firjt period towards Second of thefe 426. and the third of thefe 521. Se- condly , reid or pronounce the figures in every Pe- ‘riod as if they ftood apart from the reft, fo will the firft Period be pronounced three hundred forty one, the fecond four hundred twenty. ix: andthe third five hunnred twenty one. Thirdly, to every Period except the firt towards the right hand, a pe- culiar denomination or firname is to be applyed,Viz. the firname of the fecond Pericd is Thoufandss of the third , Millions 5 of the fourth, Thoufands of Mil- lions, &c. Therefore beginning to pronounce at the higheft Period, which in this Example is the third , and giving: every Period its due firname , the faid number will be Pronounced thus, F:ve hundred twenty one Millions, four bundred twenty fix Thoulands, three hundred forty one. Note, When a number js diftinguifhed into Pe- viods, asbefore, the highett Period will notalways compleatly confift of three plac's , but fometimes of one place, and fometimes of two 5 neverthelefs after fuch Period ig pronounced as if it fiood a- part, the due firname is to be annexed; fo this nume-