Algebra, those where the unknown quantity has a degree of power less than it has in the term where it is raised to the highest. The art of throwing these second terms out of an equation, that is,

(a) This, however, is denied by Johnson, who affirms that the Islanders of all degrees, whether of rank or understanding, universally admit it except the ministers, who, according to him, reject it, in consequence of a system, against conviction. He affirms, too, that in 1773, there was in the Hebrides a second-sighted gentleman, who complained of the terrors to which he was exposed. Secondary, of forming a new equation where they have no place, is one of the most ingenious and useful inventions in all algebra.