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^ r ^ ^^ ^ P ^ ai ^^^^^^^ PMtm ^ i&Tt'mdbtTbrisS » [ Vol . xxii . ^ ff& p ^ Q .
J observed m ^ your tiumber " for . SeplgttAfer ^ astV ( pV $ 50 ) an inter , estitx ]^ account of tljat Americd . n prodigy , Zet ^ b ^ Coibii rn ^ of whose wonderful airimriietlcaV powers I Lave been a frey ^^ witnpsi . ' A friend has since cbmmunicated to
me an account , of a similar kind , extracted from the Philosophical Transactions , which , from its extraordinary nature m ust be thought
worthy of a place in the same volume . Nothing can be farther from my intention , than to make a disparaging comparison between the powers of a boy of eight years anif ' one . ipf seventeen .
tc An Account of a Person i&ho could neither Read mov lVriiey yet could reckon "Sums to great exact 7 ie $$ . -v- Communicutttd by Mr . lbdtice , dated Robterd&m , March 25 , " 1701 : " . ' * * \ &d eir
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18 ^ B !^ ^ i ?^ ^ $ s nxpst ^ pay re-S P ^ # S # > F ^ 4 ^ , tol 4 , fpie ^ ex . a CtJjf £ i . lp , so ; i ^ flyfM s ^ veiif ; ^ n 4
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itiuch money they atnouhted to , till fc a % ked hfs father % dfW > lttany doits ^ m&de a giiitd ^ r , arid ^ being 160 ; thfcii h& r ^ ck ^ nek ^ sc w many in 10 and lOOgw arid ^ o flrom dfie
thifig to anow ^ r * ^ * He has a table of multiplication in his head , of Walfi- ^ yifd l < mg or mdre , I tHud hrm by Enable I have and he answered me ar
readily a ^ you can , upon tfre ordinary taKlfe of ' - 'ttpMptitatio ^^ ' atrf he divides almost with a& much ease as he multiplies , and reduces things to the least denomination in frac * tions . He waiaders ^ fooia ^ KiwIi t&
tow n * to * see ^ whohasattyAlthing to ^ yp beri-iindvocg&ts s&ine money , biit h& w ^ tild fai n tea # h w rearf and write . l % rs I mention because it is so ptodigiwis ; tfI Itiah ^ a ? great
mitra , c ^ tild I * toe * &swrtsm * d& 6 a defity ^ to tslk ^ him > itjto *** y < hoiisfy and teach him to read , write and cyp her /' > ¦>¦ ^^ r ^ -K , - * -t . * ¦ « ¦ ¦ ^ T < y tfe& * ' fex 4 frafct the following note is ^ siibroined : *— - -
ic It doe ^ i twt ^ appefiar ^ iihat this ivasf the great LiOcke , as , ^ cc 6 rd - ^ nf ^ l 8 fttt £ ttMduiitt offlrisrliftj ^ Mr . t ^^ rt ^^ # a ^*^^ d ] lai »^ rite * th # fevolutic ^ ' * n 16 & 9 , and te * - <^ i ^ # , ffi ^ ^ t ^ < ate ^«^ wting of' ^ this : i >^ w ^ eW n ^ t < 1 ike > iioete& ? r >
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7 ^ 66-, Arithm&ij&USno di gS ;/ JtDm ^ j ^^ kihspp ^ p ^ Tran ns .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1812, page 756, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1755/page/28/
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