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54 APPENDIX. But, you will say, the number obtained by multiplying together 10,000,000,000 of the number 2 is innumerable. I reply, still the number of places in it, which I seek, is numerable.

Therefore, with 2 as the given root, and 10,000,000,000 as the index, seek for the number  of places in the multiple, and not for the multiple  itself; and by our rule you will find 301029995 &c. to be the number of places sought, and the of the number 2.

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