 | Thomas Pruen - 1804 - 348 Seiten
...desired that the number of grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation of the demand, was only... | |
 | Thomas Pruen (of Cheltenham.) - 1804 - 338 Seiten
...desired that the number of grains of corn might be given him the chess-board would produce, reckoning one for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The King's astonishment, at the seeming moderation of the demand, was only... | |
 | 1818 - 384 Seiten
...number of grains of wheat which would be prodnced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without difficulty, acceded to a... | |
 | William Stopford Kenny - 1818 - 260 Seiten
...grains of corn which the number of the squares should produce might be given to him, one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The prince, astonished at the seeming modesty of his request, granted it,... | |
 | 1824 - 452 Seiten
...number of grains of wheat which would be produced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without hesitation, acceded to a... | |
 | 1829 - 446 Seiten
...since thy goodness encourages me, order thy treasurers to giva me a grain of corn for the first chest, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling the number every time, to the sixty-fomth chest in thy exchequer." The King had great difficulty to... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1830 - 458 Seiten
...sold an estate for the value of the treeupon it above 7 feet circumference, at one pound for the fir;: two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling th' price of each successive tree. The value of the estate cans to £65535. How many trees of the above... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 Seiten
...of the squares of the chess-board should produce might be given to him; counting one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The king, astonished at the seeming modesty of the request, granted it,... | |
 | 1834 - 506 Seiten
...number of grains of wheat which would be produced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without difficulty, acceded to a... | |
 | James Thomson (LL.D.) - 1837 - 296 Seiten
...reward he chose. The investor then asked one grain of wheat for the first square of the chess table, two for the second, four for the third, and so on ; doubling continually to 64, the number of squares. Now, suppose it had been possible for the prince to pay this... | |
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... for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on to sixty-four. This the king readily granted ; but when the amount was reckoned up, he had not wheat enough in his whole kingdom to pay it. 
