Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6785

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> On this page Harriot examines Proposition V from
                <emph style="it">Supplementum geometriæ</emph>
                <ref id="Viete_1593c" target="http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/pageview/2684112"> (Viète 1593c, Prop </ref>
              . See also Add MS 6785, 134. </s>
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                <s xml:space="preserve"> Propositio V.
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                Datis duabus lineis rectis, invenire inter easdem duas medias continue, </s>
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                <s xml:space="preserve"> Given two straight lines, to find two mean proportionals between </s>
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          <head xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="lat"> In 5
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          Supplementi. De medias proportionales inter
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          From the 5th proposition of the Supplement. On two mean proportionals between given ]</head>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> per constructione
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            […]
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            lineæ extreiores
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            lineæ interiores
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            Ergo per 4
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            prop
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            . continuæ
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            by construction
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            external lines
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            internal lines
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            Therefore by the 4th proposition,
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            are continued proportionals. </s>
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