 In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does...  Hudibras - Page 14by Samuel Butler - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...even heightened in the translation : For he by geometric scale Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight If bread or butter wanted weight : And wisely tell what hour o'th' day The clock doth strike, by algebra. En geometre raffine Un pot... | |
 | James Gregory - Necessity (Philosophy) - 1819 - 454 pages
...Pater; . Let. 2 D " For be, by geometric scale, •. , ««• Could take the size of pots of ale, " Resolve by sines, and tangents straight, " If bread or butter wanted weight, «• " And wisely tell, what hour o' th' day, " The clock does strike, by Algebra." Now, though I... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...Than Tycho Brahef or Erra Pater ; • For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Great Britain - 1822 - 542 pages
...Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater : 120 For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day 125 The clock does strike, by algebra. N Beside, he was a shrewd... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...Than Tycho Brahe " or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents, straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wisely tell what hour o' the' day The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...We subjoin a few more examples: " For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve by sines and tangents straight If bread or butter wanted weight; And wisely tell what hour o'th day The clock does strike, by algebra. Beside he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale; 824 ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike, by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...greater Than Tyeho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he, by geometrie seale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; ; And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The eloek does strike, by algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...clock hanging by. Browtie't Vulgar Errourt. I told the cloclu and watched the wasting light. IJryden. Resolve by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight, And wisely tell what hour of the day The clock does strike by Algebra. Hudibrai. This inequality has... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater :3 120 For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale ; Resolve, by sines and tangents straight, If bread or butter wanted weight ; 4 And wisely tell what hour o' th' day 125 The clock does strike, by Algebra. Beside, he was a shrewd... | |
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