Harriot, Thomas - Mss. 6783

Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6783

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[Commentary:

A binome is a quantity of the form

\sqrt{m} + \sqrt{n}

.
On this page Harriot applies the method shown on Add MS f. to find the square root of

\sqrt{\frac{b c}{2} + \frac{d c}{2}} + \sqrt{\frac{b c}{2} - \frac{d c}{2}}

. The term 'universal' here signifies that he is taking the root of the entire quantity. ]

b.11.) Radix binomij
[Translation: The universal root of a ]

non
Binomium

[Translation: not a proper ]