78 Mifcellanea Curiofa. 



ab 



or a- 



2aa-~lb 

 34 34 1 b * 



I0^ 3 5^2 5 — '20 



V 4 7 -* s=s — — , or — ~ 



2I« 5 7a 7 — 



3*. 



And within thefe two Terms, the true 

 Root is ever found, being fomething nearer 

 to the Irrational than the Rational Exprefiion. 

 But the quantity e found by the Irrational For- 

 mula^ is always too great, as the Quotient re- 

 fulting from the Rational Formula, is always 

 too little. And confequently,if we have -|-/>,the 

 Irrational Formula gives the Root fomething 

 greater than it Ihould be 3 and thzRational lome* 

 thing lefs. But contrary wife if it be-~-£. 



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