Quote#Wisdom
To decrease geometrically is this, that in equal times, first the…
Quote byJohn Napier · 1550–1617
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms (1889).
English (original)
To decrease geometrically is this, that in equal times, first the whole quantity then each of its successive remainders is diminished, always by a like proportional part.
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