Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6786

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671 (336) 		672
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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> This page appears to be related to page 177 of Stevin's
                <emph style="it">L'arithmetique pratique</emph>
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              . The problem that Stevin addressed there, as stated on page 174, is: </s>
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                <s xml:space="preserve"> Estant donné ligne droicte, & deux nombres: Trouer vne ligne droicte en telle raison à la donnée, comme le nombre au nombre.</s>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> Stevin's examples are numerical, but Harriot is working in letters (as also in further notes on Stevin in Add MS 6782
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Stevin. </s>
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