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In the Writing of Decimal Fractions we ufually omit the Denominator, as oniy confifling of Unity with Cy- phers annex'd : And in lieu thereof, a Point, or Comma is prefix'd to the Numerator. Thus, * is wrote. 5 - ,4(5; and .125 expreffes an Hundred Twenty-Fi ve

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vifor. Thus, 3 ,s 5 ) 21,0000 (6,01. TtMlv tin

the Divifbr is bigger than the Dividend J '~ Where ™

phers to the latter. Thus, ,,„) £± ( ™« Cy-

IJecimai, Scales, in the general .,,.„ ' „ , divided decimally, 'But, £jg$ _cerrainl^

Srts of any Thing, fuppofed to be divided into 1000 P^ *W "we"^? 'and "S^Sr'S^'^S? * oi

In Decimals it is chiefly to be noted, that as Cyphers f° c ? Il ' d. to expedite 2)e«»w/ Arithmetic bVsw'

on the right Hand of Integers, do increafe their Value m B^y Infpeflion the Decimal FraMion of anv P^I

(lecmally ; as, 2, 20, 200, c5c. fo when fet on the left oi Money, Weight, or Meafure Hand of Fractions they decreafe the Value decimally ; DECIMATION; a Punifhmenr whirl, rf, z> 1 ,

at ra^jttssaw-iS IS SrfihvSJffgSS ^ipss^-'y *»•- ; - te5^dS#^c£;«?Tl

To r*fe» any Vulgar Fraaion, of fuppofe | to a bune brought to him thofe that were Shy and im

decimal Fraction of the fame Value, whofe Dcnomi- peach d, and reproach'd them, with? thdr coward"

f' W be IO °°? ?y ,^, the Ru ' e ° f three > ^ 8 lyAftions andEafenefs in thePrefcnce of tt whole At

the Denominator of the Vulgar Fraction, is to 5 its W = Then, putting their Names into an Urn or Hcad"-

- Numerator: So will 1000, the Denominator affign'd, be Plece. he drew five, ten or twenrv nf,l,i i

, 4 th Term, which by Working will be found to be to their Number, '3t& S y the Tenth " g

, : d2>. and therefore,, s -\^ or, 625. the fame Value with the former Fraflion =-. The common Operations in Decimals arc perform'd


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Piece, he drew five"

--. r Number; 'and 'the Fifth/ tie' tST'ot fh'

Decimal of ^T^. -« P™ to the Sword, and the others &- ved. This was call'd Decmare, a Word of tie ancientiW, Militia, who, to punilh whole Legion^

in the Vulgar Rules regard being had only to the £*? '^ h ad railed in their Duty, made every rath imiin, A. r_. it. .1 Soldier draw Lots. an,l t,„- t.:_ V- t, .1 ,- } _

....ular Notation, to diilinguifh the Integral from the fractional Part of a Sum. am P lc

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, and put him to Death for an Ex- to the others.

In Addition, and Subtlratlion of Decimals ; The. DECINERS, or DECENNIERS, or DOZINERS

in the ancient Monuments of our Law, are fudras vVere

in jjn-ii-iuuf/., v,ti-ib ouvjii action 01 Points being all plac'd under each other, the Figures are

to be added, and fubilradcd as in common Arithmetic: ?°"J, to . have the ° ra %ht, and Check of the Friburohs And when the Operation is don *

. u " "•"— > -•.- " f ^«..v..i lo v.uiic, iu many figures 01 the Sum, or the Remainder, are to be noted for Decimals, as there are the moil Places of Decimals in any of the given Numbers. An Example will make this clear.

---c: r vr. '""ff"> °n w calPd Decemil, and Dozei,,.

Addition oiDecimals. Subftraflion.

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59

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3

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7 97

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,79i ,000 .5 ■

, (?92

From 61 Take 29 Rem. 38

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From 25 Take r 3

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Rem. 12

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They feem to have had «ry large Authority in the toslimes; taking Cognizance of Caufes with- in their Circuit, and redreffing Wrongs by Way of Judgment. Thus Brim, "We will "that all thofe who are fourteen Years old, /hall make Oath, that they will be fufficient and Loyal to us 5 and neither be Felons, nor affentmg to Felons ; and we will, that all profefs themfelves of this or that Dozei,,] and make or offer Surety of their Behaviour by thole or thofe ataawM, except Religious Perfons, Clerks, Knights cldeft Sons, and Women. " A 23os«V 2 now feems only to extend fo far as' a Leet- . Sot Multiplication of Decimals, obferve to cut oft c°* '"j j "^ ' his Oath is adminiftrcd by tho juft fo many Decimal Parts from the Produa as there t>towar, d ' a " d ta T kcn b y fuch as are twelve Tears old and are Decimals in both Faaors: The Work is the fame u P wards - Sce Leet -

DECK of a Ship, a Kind of planked Floor, where- on the Guns are laid, and the Men walk to and fro . .. ■ 'erving as a Ceiling to feparate the Stories cf the Ship,

Niti, In the fecond Exams or other Veflel. * '

pie, the Produa only a. Hence, a Ship is faid to have two or three Decks m 2^V 8 r fi * P S3» for when h stains 2 or 3 Stories in its Cavitv T\r which Reafon a Cypher is Middling Sort of Veffel ha 4 t ™ S^t th, I prehxd,tDmakeup6Da/».a/ „„n ,I,~S j-n ,v "' c18 ,, ™° -VecHS ^ the big-

Places ; there being fo many f" three . d f ant from each other about 5 Feet. The
 * „,),..,.„„ c.a„. ' Eottom-ZJert is call'd the «r/? Bee/; • The fecond

Deck anfwering to the fecond Story from the Ground in

are

iis in Integers. Thus,

Multiplication o£2)ecimaZsi

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m the two Faftors.

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. -t^sm, amwvuijg lu uic leconootory from the C

In Dwifion of Decimals, proceed in all Refpefls as Houfes, to the Place of the fecond Battery conta

in Dividing of Integers ; and when the Operation is equal Number of Guns with the firft, abalin" that th"re

done, mark as many Places in the Quotient for Deci- is none over the Stern, which is theCaptain's Apartment'


 * ith the Number of Decimals in the Divifor Before this Deck are the Kitchin-OfFces iSc

•mats,

are equal to the Decim

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143 .110

no . .0

Places of th

8,0 66

J43 132

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Dividend; 1° (.3«5

110 no

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66 143

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In lame Veffels there is a .thud Deck, and a third Battery. Some Veffels have l.kewife a Half-Deck, which reaches from the Main-Mali to the Stern of the Ship. As alfo a. Quarter-Deck, which is from the Steeraoe a-loft to the Mailers Round-Houfe. Sometimes there is a Spare- Deck, which is the uppermoft of all, being between the Mam-Mall and the Miffen, call'd alfo the OrloPe A Rope-Deck is that made of Cordages interwove and firctch'd over a Veffel that has no Dech, throu-h which tis eaiy to annoy the Enemy who comes to board her, and has leap d thereon. Thefe are little ufed but in Merchant-Veffels, to defend them from the Corfairs See Ship, and Navy.

DECLAMATION, a feign'd Difcoutfe, or Speech made in public, and in the Tone and Manner of an Ora- tion.

Among the Greeks, Declamation was become the Art of Speaking indifferently on allSubjefts and all Sides But there are ceriain Cafes in Divifion ^Decimals 2ft3v' ofmal , * Z ' t Z f i°,-5 t- ' Venfimllt. l " ies t0 ™pofc three Places atbecmals in the Divifor, and four in T' n *" ^ ;/ Jt « '° 'T'^ ■ E •

the Divi^pnJ A„i 11 k t. . • 1 >, .•. Jimong us, JJeclamatnon is reftramd to certain I&efci-;

Second v wU ^ n' T ^ one. 1 " l he ^ uotien S fe, which Scholars perform, to teach them to fpeak in pub-

th Dividend T b C | w k" a m j; tNumber ' "? lie A.® S ^^«fc againft ^«/fo/ ; agaimr!pSi

Pheri ?Z Z ?n vM ° T ber ' ad ™ aS ma 7 S? the Veclamariom of &«««7/« K, &c. In'thc Collets of

Ptes to the Dividend, as there are Places in tieDi- the Jefuites Declamations are little Theatrical or T)^L"-

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