"Common divisor" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... subject was assigned to the able assistant financier, Gouverneur Morris. It was prepared with great care, and presented in 1782. Morris's first effort was to harmonize the currency of all the states. He ascertained that the one thousand, four hundred and fortieth part of a Spanish dollar was a common divisor for the various currencies. Starting with that fraction as a unit, he proposed ...
— Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. • Benson J. Lossing |
