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      jodtiplied 652 Q 2 by 18 I . Now , although in the first instance it must be evident to every mathematician that 4395 is equal to 293 x 15 , and . consequently that ( 4395 ) = ( 29 ^ X ( 1 bf ; and fur . ther that in the second case 543

      is equal to 181 x 3 , and consequently that 21734 x ( l 8 l X 3 > = ( 21734 X 3 ) X 181 ; yet , " it is npt the less remarkable that this combination should be immediately perceived by the child , and we cannot the less admire his inge ?

      nuity in thus seizitig instantly the easiest method of solving the question proposed to him . It must be evident , from what has here been stated ^ tha , t the singular faculty which this child possesses is not altogether ^ dependent upon his memory . In the multi .

      plication of numbers and in the raising of powers ? he is doubtless considerably assisted by that remarkable quality of the mind : and il- ^ • 'Li 1 ¦ in this respect he might be considered as bearing some resemblance

      ( if the difference of age did nQt j prevent the justness of -the , com . parjsbn ) to the ' eele . bratedi JedediahUuxton * anp . Qtner persons o \ similar Jt 6 t ^ . j , Bi * t ^ Jtn the ex ~ imction ^ qf the roqfy pf qxjLfn foexs , ahd in ^ terminin ^ i , wir ; J ^ cfp , r ^ ^ irt ^ ' $ &&& & ( $ ' ^ - »>*»?? vmo nave witnessed thsjastapiab

      -1 ng < 1 «' kl ? p { 4 ^ <] ^ P VJWCy ^' rfb i ? child , that the * memory has Mtle or nothing to do wilh the process . And . in this particular , poinit con . M&t £ xhfy reiparkable d&fJFeqenec be-1 T # 9 WiO'WW ' ^ 40 j ^ mur r iS ^ ^ : Vl w *} ^ * * 1 ^ lias , ' lje ^ i re ^ rdi ^ dfas an ttstoij ^^ i i ^ g effort of menpora lhat the 1 ^ tebrated gEple ^ , ( who ^ m the science of analysis , wight vi ^ . even

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      with Newton himself , ) could remember the first &ix .-powers of ever } ' number un ( icr . lQO , r ' This , probably , must be , take r * -with , some restrictions ; but , if true to the fullest extent , it is not more

      astonishing than the efforts-. of this child : with this additional cir * cumstance in favour of , the Matter , that he is capable of verifying ^ in a very few seconds , every figure

      which he may have occasion fon It ; h 3 § : been further remarked feiy the ^ biographer of that eminent mathematician , that f ' he , perceived almost at a simple glance , the factors of which his formulae were

      co . m , ppsed 5 the particular system of factors belonging to thje question under consideration ; the various artifices by which that system may be simplified andi * e * duced ; and the relation of tbe several factors to the conditions of

      the hypothesis . His expertness j , n this particular probably result . ed > in a . - great measure , , fromtbe eas ^ e , > yithi , which ? he performed raa , thenn $ Ueal investtigHtions by ^ 4 tfrf ., H ^ had always accustomed

      hims ^ lft . to . . that : *? xefcrfce ; and , ba ^ vi'qg practised < it ; wirfra ^ id uity ( ev ^ i > vjh < ffoT < e ctbe loss gfe ssiglit , whjfii , 4 fter , \ va » ds -mn&eAcd iti-a ma tier , q ( ne < : e ^ ityt ) h ^ is aii rin , s £ a £ U ? $ f tq what anaAtorikhing derty

      gf ^ e ^ it i ^ ( bQ acquired ( , and bow mjLijc ^ it impro ^ 0 s th e intellectual powers ., No jother diisciplin ^ is sq ^ flfecfMai mj stf < tnglhentngy « the facu ) ly of ^ attention ; : tUt- gives - a facility of apprehensiooy an ac-| dbe 4 iph

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      Acsoynf of Zerah \ Colburn * 553

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 553, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/21/