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Taylor - Theoretic Arithmetic.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

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seventh term in order is to be measured by the quantity of the<br />

first number i.e. by three. And after this six other terms being<br />

omitted, the number which immediately occurs will be measured<br />

by the third number, and will have for its quotient the<br />

second number. Thus after 7, omitting six numbers, the number<br />

21 which immediately occurs will be measured by 3; and<br />

after 21, six numbers being omitted, the next number 35 will<br />

be measured by 7 five times. But if again other six terms are<br />

omitted, the number which next occurs viz. 49, will be measured<br />

by the same 7 seven times, which is the quantity of the<br />

third term. And this established order will proceed to the<br />

most extended number of terms. Hence, they will receive a<br />

vicissitude of measuring; just as they are naturally constituted<br />

odd numbers in an orderly series. But they will be measured<br />

by the intermission of terms according to an even number,<br />

beginning from an intermission of two terms. Thus the first<br />

odd number will measure the odd numbers that follow after<br />

an omission of two terms; the second, those that follow after<br />

an omission of four terms; the third, when 6, the fourth, when<br />

8, and the fifth when 10 terms are omitted, will measure the<br />

numbers that follow in an orderly series. And so of the rest<br />

ad infinitum. This will also be effected if the terms double<br />

their places, and numbers are omitted conformably to the duplication.<br />

Thus 3 is the first term and one, for every first is<br />

one. If therefore this multiplies its own place twice, it will<br />

produce twice one. And since twice one is two, two terms<br />

must be omitted. Again, if the second term which is 5 doubles<br />

its place, it will produce 4, and four tcrrns must be omitted. If<br />

7 likewise, which is the third term, doubles its place, it will<br />

produce 6; and therefore six terms are to be omitted in an orderly<br />

series. The fourth term also, if it doubles its place, will<br />

produce 8, and 8 terms must be omitted. And the like will<br />

be found to take place in all the other terms. The series how-

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