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Excerpt from An Elementary Investigation of the Theory of Numbers: With Its Application to the Indeterminate and Diophantine Analysis, the Analytical and Geometrical Division of the Circle and Several Other Curious Algebraical and Arithmetical Problems
Archimedes likewise paid particular attene tion to the powers and properties of numbers, as may be seen by consulting his tract entitled Arenarius, in which some modern Writers have thought they could perceive inculcated the principles of our present system of lo garithms; but all that can be allowed on this head is, that the method by which he performed his multiplications and die visions bears a considerable analogy to that which we now commonly employ in the multiplication and division of powers; that is, by the addition and subtraction of their indices.
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