numeration
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Algorism is distinguished from Abacist computation by recognising seven rules, Addition, Subtraction, Duplation, Mediation, Multiplication, Division, and Extraction of Roots, to which were afterwards xv added Numeration and Progression.
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert
Numeration -- N. numeration; numbering &c. v.; pagination; tale, recension†, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation†; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism†, rhabdology†, dactylonomy†; measurement &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
In the first place, though Numeration is able to take account of organized substances, it is powerless in relation to unorganized forces, the ones being finite and the others infinite.
From Seraphita by Balzac, Honoré de
Treatises on the Abacus usually consist of chapters on Numeration explaining the notation, and on the rules for Multiplication and Division.
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert
That progress of Science, which is to destroy Wonder, and in its stead substitute Mensuration and Numeration, finds small favor with Teufelsdrockh, much as he otherwise venerates these two latter processes.
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas
