84. -Mifcellama Curiofa. 



b s t 



That is, +iooo4~30oH""3oe z i-e* 

 trf*i 700— 340^— 17 c* 



^35? _ 



Or, — 510+14^ -Yiiee-Ve* t=s o. Now, ilnce 

 we have — 510, it is plain, that a is aflumed 

 lefs than the Truth, and confequently that e 

 is Affirmative. And from ( the Equation ) 



5 1 © i=s i 4<? + 1 3e % comes e s=s \fh-\-iss —is 



t 



*j667$~j^ Whence ^t=s 15, 7 . . ., which is 



too much, becaufe of a taken wide ; therefore 

 Secondly, let ^^15, and by the like way of 



Reafoning, we fliall find ef* Is— ^J*ss—tb 



t 



IOpi— V1171O* , r ^ _ 



« — — -- — t-~±9 and confequently £t=* 



14,954068. If the Operation were to be re- 

 peated the third time, the Root will be found 

 conformable to the Truth as far as the 25th 

 Figure ; but he that is contented with fewer, 

 by writing th^te* inftead of*£, or fubftra- 



ding or adding - — =— - to the Root before 



found, will prefently obtain his end. Note, 

 the Equation propofed, is not explicable by 

 any other Root, becaufe the Refolvend 350, is 



greater than the Sube of — or • 



3 y 3 



Example 



