j 96 Earl stanhope on adfeSted Equations* 
be obferved, that the greater root is affirmative, notwithftand- 
ing the lign - being prefixed to fome of the terms, becaufe 
in each fraction the numerator and the denominator are affedted 
by the fame fign, whether + or - . 
The chief improvement I have made confifts in approxi- 
mating to two roots at once, by one and the fame feries, con- 
tinued backwards as well as forwards. I have not time to en- 
large upon this fubjedt at prefent ; but the little I have faid 
will be a Ipecimen of the method to be ufed in highexr 
equations# 
