( ) 
0 
3 0 — 4 
Cx n ‘-s~. &c. + 
io fx*+4ex±d=o will be real} and thus we 
may defcend until we arrive at the quadratick iEqua- 
n — i 
tionwx- x x — n — i Bx + C=o. The fame 
Equations do afcend thuswx 
n 
x z — 0— . i Bx^[~ 
n — i n — z 
C=zO , 0X X x l — n — i X 
n< 
B x^-\- 
fi « — i n — z n — 3 
n — z C x — - ±) — 0 } 0 x x X x+ 
n — z 0 — 3 n — 3 
0 — ix X 5 x 3 + 0 — z X X 
2 * 3 2, 
trrs n n 1 11 X 
C x 2 — n — 3 x E = o, n x X X 
x 3 
0 — 3 0 — ^ n — x — 3 7 * — ^ 
x tf 5 — » — IX x X 
4 S z 3 4 
n — 3 » — 4 _ 0 — 4 
£ x * -4- 0 — xx X Cx l — 0 — 3 X 
z 3 x 
©#*-[-0 — 4 E x — F = o, and fo on. LetAfre- 
prefent any of the Coefficients of the ^Equation 
x n — B x n ~ 1 -\-Cx n ~ 2 — *D x n ~ i + E x n ~ 4 — &c. 
± A = o, and let L N be the adjacent Coefficients, 
let M be the Exponent of the Coefficient M: By the 
Exponent of a Coefficient I mean the Number which 
z expreffeth 
