Show A arithmetic of 1649 in the barcla library ot the isley of texas Is the arithmetic an ameika upon touching its vellum cotera end back slin thongs your memory may go back to that proud bat day when your own schooling arrived at the portal page of fractions with awe one discovers that pupils of 1649 had to wade through seven chapters of mathe matl cal the pioneers evidently desired to obtain strength of in chelc children for it wa a stem age another chapter was devoted to the formation of military companies in squares hexagonal units and other strange geometrical forms otherwise the book shows pupils struggled with the same problems that perplex modern youngsters |