used in future to denote ⁷/₁₀, ·07 for ⁷/₁₀₀, and so on. The following tables will give the whole of this notation at one view, and will shew its connexion with the decimal notation explained in the first section. You will observe that the numbers on the right of the units’ place stand for units divided by 10, 100, 1000, &c. while those on the left are units multiplied by 10, 100, 1000,
The student is recommended always to write the decimal point in a line with the top of the