...himself acknowledges in his introduction to the 'Tabular series' (1 823) for he writes (p. iv.) : " But though it is easy to find, from this Tabular Series, a fractiou either exactly or nearly equivalent to a given decimal, the table does not show, with equal...

...himself acknowledges in his introduction to the 'Tabular series' (1823) for he writes (p. iv.) : " But though it is easy to find, from this Tabular Series,...with equal readiness, the decimal corresponding to a vulgar fraction. This latter object is best effected by such an arrangement as that adopted in the...