| 单词 | arithmetician |
| 例句 | In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago is furious to find Michael Cassio, ‘a great arithmetician’, whose knowledge of warfare is all book-learning, has been promoted ahead of him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is arguably a more instructive puzzle for budding computer scientists than it is for budding arithmeticians. How to solve the maths puzzle for Vietnamese eight-year-olds that stumped parents and teachers 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Of Carlile’s family, I can gather little beyond this, that his father had some reputation as an arithmetician. Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z He is well up in logarithms, and a capital arithmetician, I won’t say mathematician, though he knows something of mathematics as well. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z You are a clever arithmetician, mamma; you do your sums and get your totals nicely. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z But even this was sinful; for although birds are not very good arithmeticians, every one of them can count as far as the number of its eggs—even a partridge or a wren can. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The late Bishop Colenso, famous for his disputations on the Old Testament and also as an arithmetician, was greatly beloved among the Zulus. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z And for want of such precaution as this, the arithmetician is at sea the moment he steps out of the narrow path of mechanical routine. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z I think I am getting into what they call compound interest, and, to say the truth, I never was a very quick arithmetician. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Nesselrode.—No psalmist, or engineer, or commissary, or arithmetician, could enumerate the beasts that are harnessed to them, or the fiends that urge them on. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Every sect, we know, is a mere title of error; while there is no sect of geometricians, of algebraists, of arithmeticians; because all the propositions of geometry, algebra, and arithmetic, are true. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The Board of Trade was set to work to produce fiscal Blue-books, and hum-drum politicians who had never shown any genius for figures suddenly blossomed out into arithmeticians of the deepest dye. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The accident, of which he had read that morning, caused him to put two and two together—making a round dozen, after the custom of his type of arithmetician. Shadows of Flames A Novel The most skilful arithmetician could not calculate the number of my conquests. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Therefore, that I might not delay longer, and perhaps to no purpose, I have thought it better to leave the whole work to the proportionate calculus of the arithmeticians and the technical skill of mechanics. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 The arithmeticians, whose ingenuities are recorded in Mr Sharper Knowlson's Origins of Popular Superstitions, have unearthed similar significances in the dates of Napoleon III. The Book of This and That Mr. Paine, no doubt, had in his mind this passage of Junius when he described him as a twirling top, a good arithmetician in politics, but in every thing else nothing at all. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence She decided that these gigantic sociological and political questions were for her what the higher mathematics are to the humble arithmetician. Shadows of Flames A Novel He was a natural mathematician, and was the most profound and original arithmetician in the Southwest. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. They are the arithmeticians of the Muse—no musicians. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 I know one such arithmetician in Byzantium, who is himself no man, but conquers men. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Geometers and arithmeticians we must be, that we may compute the proportions and the capacities of our casks. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. We must be arithmeticians and geometricians of no mean attainments, how else can we adapt the proportion and size of the cask to the measure of its contents? Weird Tales, Vol. II. And arithmeticians seem to me a little slow to remark the importance of the old child's puzzle about the nails in the horseshoe—when it is populations that are doubling themselves, instead of farthings. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work I know it is an old maxim, that 'figures cannot lie:' and I very well know, too, that our philanthropic arithmeticians are prodigiously fond of FIGURING, but of doing nothing else. Thoughts on African Colonization The object of the Normal School is, not so much to make arithmeticians and grammarians, for instance, as to make teachers of arithmetic and grammar. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education He is what the arithmeticians call a negligible quantity. A Diplomatic Adventure "This is really necessary," said the poet in apology; "for though many of my friends are bad arithmeticians, I observe almost all of them to be good book-keepers." Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Their ideas are limited enough; they reckon with their fingers and toes, and few are arithmeticians beyond counting up to twenty. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 She was mistress of the Latin, French, and Italian languages; she was said to be a perfect arithmetician and astronomer, and possessed the art of painting on silk to a degree of exquisite perfection. A Walk from London to Fulham The parties are to be to him merely A and B, and he has to work out the result as an arithmetician works out a sum. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies And by a few, observations of the motion of the world and of the stars are still cultivated; while of learned arithmeticians the number is considerable; and besides them there are many skilled in divination. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Frans made all kinds of jokes about her "decimal fractiousness," which were noisily appreciated by the young arithmeticians at the cottage. The Golden House The news from Palermo may be said to have converted him from an arithmetician into an astronomer. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition When all the arrow heads were in, the vast collection was counted by the official arithmeticians, and the total of the population was thus attained. Darius the Great Makers of History They who are expert and accurate in working these, have only to learn the several rules by which they are applied to all the varied purposes of life, to be perfect arithmeticians. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education Besides, Andrew had the reputation of being a skilled arithmetician; and this branch of knowledge Stephenson was very desirous of acquiring. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson There was once a worthy man at Athens who was not only a cranky arithmetician, but also a mystic. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems British Mathematicians.—I am anxious to learn if there is any book which contains an account of the lives and works of eminent British arithmeticians and mathematicians? Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In life itself a cold arithmetician who adds up our follies. Pearls of Thought The arithmetician, the algebraist, and more generally the analyst, in whom invention obtains in the most abstract form of discontinuous functions—symbols and their relations—cannot imagine like the geometrician. Essay on the Creative Imagination Joseph Hume affirmed that he had never met with more than ten members who were arithmeticians. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II What these ideas mean, it is necessary to know if you wish to become an arithmetician. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Considering myself for one moment as an arithmetician, I may say that I know next to nothing about my subject: but I know my subject. Eugenics and Other Evils “The boy may be a good arithmetician, but he knows nothing of London life,” he muttered to himself. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea He could distinguish colors, was a good arithmetician, could discharge a loaded cannon, tell a hidden card in a pack, and jump through a hoop, all for twenty-five cents. Customs and Fashions in Old New England He has but a miserable knowledge of arithmetic, who is no arithmetician without a pen or pencil in his hand. The Young Man's Guide Indeed, this power of “calculation” was not only a talent but a passion: you would have thought that his progenitors had been arithmeticians since the time of Noah! Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States We here detect a person quite unnoticed hitherto by the moderns, Magnus the arithmetician. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Interminable allusions were made to the late Mr Edward Cocker, writer, arithmetician and engraver, as being the only person who could have solved the problem. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Your classes in geometry may measure,—your arithmeticians may calculate, and make estimates,—your writers may describe its progress, from week to week, and anticipate the scenes, which it will in future years exhibit. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young But then the banker, E. Fenzi, who swindled me out of nearly 500 francs, was an arithmetician, and I write under a sense of recent wrong. Memoirs He has gone into the detail in proper A.G. spirit, namely, as an arithmetician rather than a tactician. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 He says the circumference contains the diameter exactly times 1008449087377541679894282184894 3 ———————————————— 6997183637540819440035239271702 But he does not come very near, as the young arithmetician will find. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I I have never known a mud-dauber to make a mistake in her computation, although I have endeavored to puzzle this little arithmetician time and again. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals You have to be somewhat of an arithmetician to think one week in piastres and the next in dinars, and the next in crowns, and the next in marks. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 That is why the common arithmetician prefers music to poetry. George Bernard Shaw Like some untaught arithmeticians, their calculations came out correct, but they could not have gone through the steps of the process. Sword and Gown A Novel He may be a good philosopher or a good historian, but a bad arithmetician he remains for life; for he cannot lay the foundation at the moment when he must be building the superstructure. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Every sect, as one knows, is a ground of error; there are no sects of geometers, algebraists, arithmeticians, because all the propositions of geometry, algebra and arithmetic are true. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary They were not that kind of arithmeticians, they said. My Second Year of the War You see he himself is an eccentric accountant, a Pindaric book-keeper, an arithmetician in the clouds. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) It will soon be impossible to go to a dance without being accompanied by a professional arithmetician. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 The six books composing the first of these are written respectively against grammarians, rhetoricians, geometricians, arithmeticians, astronomers and musicians. Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism This court sat in Clifford’s Inn, and was usually presided over by Sir Matthew Hale, whose skill both as an arithmetician and an architect completed his fitness for so responsible a position. Andrew Marvell An able arithmetician hath made a calculation, founded on long experience, and proved that the losses and destruction incident to two white washings are equal to one removal, and three removals equal to one fire. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader I was never a good arithmetician of chances, and shall not commence now. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals There is no other demonstration in the human heart, but an appeal to its feelings: and what are the calculating feelings of an arithmetician of lines and curves? Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The round hundreds of millions in which our national debt is set forth seem to have often confused the brains of our most practical arithmeticians and financiers. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 That is an item in the cost of fish which occurs to a prosaic arithmetician. A Dream of the North Sea Your classes in geometry may measure, your arithmeticians may calculate and make estimates, your writers may describe its progress from week to week, and anticipate the scenes which it will in future years exhibit. The Teacher March was so tedious, and lovers are such poor arithmeticians. Kincaid's Battery No one of the numerous editors of Boswell has made a note upon this, although many things as slight have been commented upon: it was certainly not Johnson's mistake, for he was a clear-headed arithmetician. Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 It is to be accomplished by our prize arithmeticians, and will train them for positions of trust. Dear Enemy She was mistress of the Latin, French, and Italian languages; she was said to be a perfect arithmetician and astronomer, and possessed the art of painting on silk to a degree of exquisite perfection. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire Basile was an exact arithmetician, could write an excellent hand, and was a ready draughtsman and surveyor. Tales and Novels — Volume 06 This is a metaphor, borrowed partly from the grazier's vocabulary, and partly from the arithmetician's vade-mecum. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Ah, how difficult for the arithmetician to number the crushing disappointments, the bitter agonies that one woman can endure in a single half-hour! Birds of Prey Upon his own confession he "wasn't no arithmetician," and Christian found, upon inspecting his accounts, no cause to contradict this ambiguous statement. The Slave of the Lamp Mad. de Rosier began by asking her young arithmetician questions only when they were by themselves—but by and by she appealed to her before the rest of the family. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 The blot upon his name was already growing fainter, and a careful moral arithmetician might have calculated the point of prosperity at which it would cease to be seen. The Story of Kennett It is easy for the arithmetician to make a key to the problems that he has devised to suit himself. Among My Books First Series The next to him was Mr. A. Minusex, a wondrous arithmetician. The Three Clerks Many of Mrs. Harmon's boarders spoke bad grammar through their noses; but the ladies dressed stylishly, and the men were good arithmeticians. The Minister's Charge Numismatists and arithmeticians may jangle about the precise amount represented by the thousand talents. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII He was, like Cassio, "a great arithmetician, who had never set a squadron in the field or the division of a battle knew," etc. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form It is from this endless subdivision of duties in a man-of-war, that, upon first entering one, a sailor has need of a good memory, and the more of an arithmetician he is, the better. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War He must needs be a good arithmetician, that counted money so lately. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 But he excuses the East India company, as men not obliged to be political arithmeticians, or to inquire so much, what the nation loses, as how themselves may grow rich. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons It was computed by an experienced arithmetician, that there was as much twopenny ale consumed on the discussion as would have floated a first-rate man-of-war. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 So do the geometrician, and arithmetician, in their diverse sorts of quantities. English literary criticism He was a natural mathematician and was the most profound and original arithmetician in the Southwest. The Case of Summerfield Some of them become tolerable arithmeticians, though very inferior to the Coptic Christians; they have good and simple treatises on algebra, and still display some of their ancestors' facility in the acquisition of geometry. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 In politics, he is a good arithmetician, and in every thing else nothing at all. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis It would be a problem for a good arithmetician to solve, which of these two loves would weigh most. Frederick the Great and His Family He has skill in numbers, and seldom exceeds his sevenpence.—He had a brother once, no Michael Cassio, no great arithmetician. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners He advises arithmeticians to leave these trifles, and to employ themselves in framing convenient expressions, which may be of use in physical researches. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Basile was an exact arithmetician, could write an excellent hand, and was a ready draughtsman and surveyor. Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales So doth the geometrician and arithmetician, in their diverse sorts of quantities. A Defence of Poesie and Poems SOCRATES: There is a wide difference between them, Protarchus; some arithmeticians reckon unequal units; as for example, two armies, two oxen, two very large things or two very small things. Philebus SOCRATES: Having the use of the art, the arithmetician, if I am not mistaken, has the conceptions of number under his hand, and can transmit them to another. Theaetetus SOCRATES: And this will be he who knows number, or the arithmetician? Alcibiades I SOCRATES: And tell me, Hippias, are you not a skilful calculator and arithmetician? Lesser Hippias SOCRATES: Again, if we take the arts of which we were just now speaking:—do not arithmetic and the arithmeticians teach us the properties of number? Gorgias It is concerned, not with visible objects, but with abstract truth; for numbers are pure abstractions—the true arithmetician indignantly denies that his unit is capable of division. The Republic SOCRATES: Attend to what follows: must not the perfect arithmetician know all numbers, for he has the science of all numbers in his mind? Theaetetus One of these computations was made in the year 1696 by Gregory King, Lancaster herald, a political arithmetician of great acuteness and judgment. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 And that person is he who is good at calculation—the arithmetician? Lesser Hippias He is as good an arithmetician as Bareme, draws, dances, and sings well. The Ball at Sceaux But I'll tell you one thing: it's a question that would puzzle an arithmetician, if you should ask him, whether the Bible saves more souls in Westminster Abbey, or damns more in Westminster Hall. Love for Love: a Comedy SOCRATES: That was my reason for asking how we ought to speak when an arithmetician sets about numbering, or a grammarian about reading? Theaetetus The arable land and pasture land were not supposed by the best political arithmeticians of that age to amount to much more than half the area of the kingdom. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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