Annals of industry and genius . desirousof knowing more; 1 was therefore impatient to pro-ceed from this book to one that was more advanced,and having in some way found means to procure one 14 STUDYING LVUVfltJ STUDYING ARITHMETIC. wliicii treated of more difficult and complicated cnl-culntions, I mastered that also, before the end of theyear 17il). I had the good fortune soon after tomeet with a treatise of Geometry, written by Pacheck,the same author whose arithmetic 1 had been study-ing. ? I applied with diligence to this new book for KNOWLEDGE UNDEE DIFFICULTIES. 15 some time
Annals of industry and genius . desirousof knowing more; 1 was therefore impatient to pro-ceed from this book to one that was more advanced,and having in some way found means to procure one 14 STUDYING LVUVfltJ STUDYING ARITHMETIC. wliicii treated of more difficult and complicated cnl-culntions, I mastered that also, before the end of theyear 17il). I had the good fortune soon after tomeet with a treatise of Geometry, written by Pacheck,the same author whose arithmetic 1 had been study-ing. ? I applied with diligence to this new book for KNOWLEDGE UNDEE DIFFICULTIES. 15 some time, but at leiigtli laid it aside, partly becauseI could not comprehend the theory as I went on, norsee the utility of the practice, but chiefly on accountof the necessity I was under of immediately attend-ing to my field and my vines. The severe winter we had in the year 1740, com-pelled me to keep closely confined in-doors for manyweeks, and then, having no employment either forbody or mind, I once more had recourse to the bookof Geometry, and having at length comprehendedsome of the leading principles, I procured a littlebox ruler, and an old pair of compasses, on one pointof which I mounted the end of a
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