Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6787

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> The table on this page gives the length of an ordinate at various points along an axis for a parabola whose equation in modern notation is
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          <head xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="lat"> Canon delineandi parabolam, positis rectæ partibus:
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          A canon for delineating a parabola, assuming 1,000,000 parts of a straight ]</head>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Axis partes.
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            Ordinatim
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            Parts of the axis.
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            Applied ]</s>
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