266 Mifcellanea Curiofa. 



or. 



= f ^ \/ i-+aa-ha—i*\/ \/ i-haa—a or, 



(3)7 = *\J V i-\-aa— , 



i-haa—a or, 



« ■ <*y 



For Example, Let the Root of this Equation 

 of the Fifth Power be required 5 y -+• 20 ; 3 

 167 * = 4. in which cafe n is == 5% and * = 4, 

 and the Root, according to the firft Form, is 



y = * ^^17^4 — - * which is Ex- 

 peditioufly refolved into Numbers after this man- 



ner. 



^17-1-4 is equal to 8.1231, whofe Loga- 

 rithm is 0,9097164, and the fifth part of It is 

 is 0,1819433, the Number anfwering it 



1.5203 s= S/ -+4» But the Arithmetical 

 Complement of 0.6577 is 9.8180567, the 



Number anfwering is 0.1 8 1943 3 = j - 

 and the half difference of thefe Numbers is 



