| Frank Granger - 1891 - 272 페이지
...is beyond the capacity of minds of low development. In practice the Damaras " make use of no number greater than three. When they wish to express four,...formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule to an English schoolboy."1 90. Solidity. — Our perception of solidity maybe analyzed into a series... | |
| Frank Granger - 1891 - 268 페이지
...is beyond the capacity of minds of low development. In practice the Damaras " make use of no number greater than three. When they wish to express four,...formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule to an English schoolboy."1 90. Solidity. — Our perception of solidity may be analyzed into a series... | |
| Théodule Ribot, Frances Alice Welby - 1899 - 260 페이지
...South Africa, p. 133) Galton says: "In practice, whatever they may possess in their language, they certainly use no numeral greater than three. When...them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding-rule is to our English schoolboy. They puzzle very much after five, because no spare hand remains... | |
| Ulysses Grant Weatherly - 1926 - 416 페이지
...annoying. In practice, whatever they may possess in their language, they certainly use no numerals greater than three. When they wish to express four they take to their ringers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule to our English... | |
| Paul Carus - 1899 - 812 페이지
...South Africa, p. 133; Galton says : "In practice, whatever they may possess in their language, they certainly use no numeral greater than three. When...them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding-rule is to our English schoolboy. They puzzle very much after five, because no spare hand remains... | |
| Melius De Villiers - 1996 - 142 페이지
...possess in their language, they certainly use no greater number than 3. When they wish to express 4 they take to their fingers, which are to them as formidable...an English schoolboy. They puzzle very much after 5, because no spare hand remains to grasp and secure the fingers that are required' for units. Yet... | |
| Nicholas Wright Gillham - 2001 - 429 페이지
...They had no system of counting, driving the numerically oriented Galton to distraction as they used "no numeral greater than three. When they wish to express four, they take to their fingers, which to them are as formidable instruments of calculation as the sliding-rule is to an English schoolboy.... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 2006 - 125 페이지
...practice,' Mr. Galton tells us of the Damaras, ' whatever they may possess in their language, they certainly use no numeral greater than three. When they wish to express font they take to their, fingers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding... | |
| 1853 - 854 페이지
...all numerical ideas is very annoying. In practice, whatever they may possess in their language, they certainly use no numeral greater than three. When...them as formidable instruments of calculation as a slidingrule is to an English schoolboy. They puzzle тегу much after five, because no spare hand... | |
| 1873 - 522 페이지
...plurality.* Our conception of * The Dammaras, according to Mr. Galton, are even worse off than this. " When they wish to express four, they take to their fingers, which arc to them as formidable instruments of calculation ns a sliding rule is to an English school-boy.... | |
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