Elementary Algebra for Schools Containing a Full Treatment of Graphs, With Answers (Classic Reprint)

The last edition of Hall and Knight sE lementary Algebra published in Dr. Knight slifetime was the sixth, issued in 1890. Since his death in 1894 many alterations and additions have been made, as occasion required. These, for which I am solely responsible, may be summarized as follows :E xtract from the Preface to theS eventh Edition {J an. 1897): The distinctive features are :(1) The definitions of dimension, degree, homogeneous expresbion are transferred from A rt. 10 to A rt. 24. (2) Greater proininence has been given to the fundamental Laics of Algebra (see A rts. 22, 29-32, 46-8). With this object parts of the chapters on Multiplication and Division have been re-written. (3) A short section on the use of Detached Coefficients has been given on page 37. (4) A fuller treatment of the Remainder Theorem and its applications will be found on pages 236, 237. (5) Five new sets of Miscellaneous Examples have been added at convenient intervals beginning with one on page 32, which replaces Examples IV. c. Extract from the Preface to the Xew Edition {O ct. 1907): The leading features are :(1) A full treatment of Graphs occupying more than 50 pages. (2) A new set of Easy Examples onS ubstitution inC hapter I. (3) The greater part of Chapter VIII., onS imple Equations, has been re-written so as to bring the use of the fundamental axioms into greater prominence, and to urge the importance of verifying solutions.
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