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      Versing with him : and they have ajf been struct with astonishment at His extraordinary powers . It is correctly true , as stated of him , &at— " He Will not only cleterinihe , witti the- greatest facility and aispatek , the exact number of minutes or Seconds in any given

      period of time ; but will also solve any . btber question of a similar Si iruL Fie will tell the exact prduct arising froth the mu ) uplicatipn o \ any number , consisting of two , three , or ifoiir figures , bv any otne ^ number consisting of the like number of figures . Or , any

      inuiiiber * consisting of six or seven places of figures , being proposed , he will determine , with equal expeditmn and ease , all the factors of which it is composed . This

      singular faculty consequently expends not only to tne raising of powers , but also to the extraction oi the square and ctfw roots of the number proposed ; and likewise to the means of determining whetner it be a prtme number ( or a number incapable or division by any o ^ her number ) j for which case tnere does not exist , at pre ^ « y . , . K nwajl ' i : i ^ je amongst mathematicians / All these , and

      a variety of oth ^ r questions £ ont ^ ected tnerawkh ,, are answered hy this e \) i ) d with such' prompt * «< B «^ and acturaty ( an d in ] the midst of Kis } iivenile pursui ^ s ) ; as

      to astonish every ' person who has vmt ^ i . hi ttu ^ . ; , ^ A « t a < me ' etinjg of hi 4 friends which was lield' for the purpose . ?( . 28 W J ^^ , ISf J ^ * o ^ < J ^ fc ? Wtei | th > ?^ . 0 f **/ S « 9 tt ? rf ^ l * <* tW ' iwid » t 6 ok t alia ddiyiii . Wy . % , ^ in » f **»«»^ tf ^ afiP * $ E i , ; -n * tt ? vit * & : ' "P . 5 «» H&J ?** f *«» $ power !!! . ^ nd w naming the last result , viz .

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      281 , 474 , 076 ^ 710 ^ 56 , he was right in every figure . He was then tried as to o ^ h er number ^ , consisting of one figure ; all of which he raised ^ y actual

      multiplication 5 and not . b y memory ) as high as the tenth power , with so much facility and dispatch that t ^ e person appointed to take down the results , vvas obliged to enjoin him not to-be , so rapid ! . With tt » spect to numbers consistil ) gof t \ vx >

      tigures ,. he would raise some of them to the sixth ,, seventh ^ a ' cfd eighth pow-er ; but not always with eqtifri facility : for the larger the products became , the more difficult be jbund it to proceeds He was asked the square rodi of

      106929 , and before the dumber could be written , dpwii ^ hp immediattly answered 327 * H * was then required JQ name the cube root of ^ , 336 * 125 , and with equal facility and promptness be replied 645 , Various other

      questions of a similar nature ^ respec t * ing the routs and , powers ' of ye uy high numfbefs , were proposed ; bjf several q ( the gentlemen pre ^ eni , to all of which he ^ Wweiredirtj similar manner . Une of Ihe Kp rty reques te d h > ra lo i ^^ i ^ ne tl ^ e Jactqjs vy ^ icb , produced A 0 a ^ innbber ^ 47483 , which be iminedUte-Jy cfid $ y [ : ineiiti ^ i . ng the two ni | mbers 94 ^ 1 and 263 ; which iadee ^ t ft § jhe q > nty two ; number * that Will produce if . Another of

      ipeiii , p ^ ppos ^ d . | 71 & 05 # find he name ^ the fallowing factors as tb ^ only bnes tbac , would prodpee it ; &Z $ M ^ 9 * : 7 # 2 *** b %$ 9 >* # *«* I 8 $ >< WG $ * 3 * * ^» f 2 ^ 5 X 58 V , aii 4 4 ^ X Up . H % or mm ? . jwriy . } AMi « feij in fact was the case , as 36093 is

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/19/