The Western Calculator: Or a New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic, Containing the Elementary Principles and Rules of Calculation, in ... Numbers in Eight Parts (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Stockton, J.

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ISBN 10: 1330335651 ISBN 13: 9781330335659

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Western Calculator: Or a New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic, Containing the Elementary Principles and Rules of Calculation, in Whole, Mixed and Decimal Numbers in Eight Parts

Knowledge is the chief distinction between wise men and fools between the philosopher and the savage.

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Excerpt from The Western Calculator: Or a New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic, Containing the Elementary Principles and Rules of Calculation, in Whole, Mixed and Decimal Numbers in Eight Parts

Among the many systems of Arithmetic now used in our American schools, though each has its individual merit, yet all contain many things which are either entirely useless, or of but little value to most beginners.

It is to be regretted also, that in most of these systems, even in those parts which are valuable and important, the authors appear not to have been sufficiently aware of giving a plain and natural arrangement and system to the whole. There is not that visible connexion between the parts, which enables the attentive pupil to discover, as he progresses, that he is learning a system, and not a number of separate and unconnected rules.

In many things, also, more attention has been given to gratify the inquiries of the proficient, than to furnish plain, but necessary instruction to the beginner. The age, capacity, and progress of the scholar are also overlooked; and a mode of instruction too learned, and too elaborate, is pursued. It is forgotten how difficult even the most simple parts are to a young mind; nor are the instances few, in which even the variety of ways laid down, in which the same question may be solved, leaves the learner perplexed, and swells the size of the work.

To remedy, in some measure, these defects, and to furnish our numerous schools, in the western country, with a plain and practical treatise of Arithmetic, compiled and printed among ourselves, thereby saving a heavy annual expense in the purchase of such books, east of the mountains, and likewise the carriage thereof, have been the motives which induced the compiler to undertake this work.

In it the following objects have been steadily kept in view:

1st. Plainness and simplicity of style, so that nothing should be introduced above the common capacities of scholars, at the early age in which they are generally put to the study of Arithmetic.

2d. A natural and lucid arrangement of the whole, as a system, in which the connexion and dependence of all the parts may be easily discovered and understood. To accomplish this object, the work is divided into eight parts, following each other, in what appears to the compiler the natural and simple divisions of the science. Each of these parts is again divided into sections, following the same connected arrangement.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330335651
• ISBN 13: 9781330335659
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 214