 ... positive number, of a number being imaginary. Hence they talk of two roots to every equation of the second order, and the learner is to try which will succeed in a given equation : they talk of solving an equation which requires two impossible roots...  The Principles of Algebra - Page ixby William Frend - 1796Full view - About this book
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