Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6785

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> This folio refers to Stevin's
                <emph style="it">L'arithmétique ... aussi l'algebre</emph>
                <ref id="stevin_1585a"> (Stevin </ref>
              , page 214. On that page, Stevin wrote: </s>
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                <s xml:space="preserve"> 'Et multipliant √bino. 1 + √2, par √bino. 3 + √5, le produict sera √quadrino. √3 + √6 + √5 + </s>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> Harriot has re-written the same calculation in his own notation:
                <math>
                  <mstyle>
                    <msqrt>
                      <mo maxsize="1">[</mo>
                    </msqrt>
                    <mn>2</mn>
                    <mo maxsize="1">]</mo>
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                      <mn>1</mn>
                      <mo>+</mo>
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                          <mn>2</mn>
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              , and so on. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Stevin.
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            pa. </s>
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