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Scientific American, Vol. 66, No. 15 (1892) (1892)

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kly finds the square root or the cubic root of a solved only by algebra. The manager insists upon The effect is very startling, and even after the con- number of from eight to twelve figures, if such num- this point, and he is right, and he adds that it has been thus only for the last two years.… … entrance of the water, and and immediately solves JACQUES INAUDI, THE RAPID CALCULATOR. lower it into’ the beaker, other small problems. where it will float in a Some one asks him, for ex- most curious manner, and if pressed down a little, will ample, ‘‘On what day did the 11th of January, 1787, of…

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