 In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does...  Hudibras - Página 14por Samuel Butler - 1835Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 páginas
...even heightened in the translation : For he by geometric scale Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight If bread or butter wanted weight : And wisely tell what hour o'th' day The clock doth strike, by algebra. En geometre raffine Un pot... | |
 | James Gregory - 1819 - 454 páginas
...Pater; . Let. 2 D " For be, by geometric scale, •. , ««• Could take the size of pots of ale, " Resolve by sines, and tangents straight, " If bread or butter wanted weight, «• " And wisely tell, what hour o' th' day, " The clock does strike, by Algebra." Now, though I... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 páginas
...Than Tycho Brahef or Erra Pater ; • For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 542 páginas
...Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater : 120 For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day 125 The clock does strike, by algebra. N Beside, he was a shrewd... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 páginas
...Than Tycho Brahe " or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' the' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 páginas
...We subjoin a few more examples: " For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o'th day The clock does strike, by algebra. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; 824 ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...greater Than Tyeho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometrie seale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The eloek does strike, by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 páginas
...clock hanging by. Browtie't Vulgar Errourt. I told the cloclu and watched the wasting light. IJryden. Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight, And wisely tell what hour of the day The clock does strike by Algebra. Hudibrai. This inequality has... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 páginas
...Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater :3 120 For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; 4 And wisely tell what hour o' th' day 125 The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd... | |
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