Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> The irrationals defined by Euclid
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              are binomes, bimedials, and so on. For their definitions and properties see Add MS
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              . Here Harriot defines some further irrational quantities, all of them involving fourth roots, which do not fall into any of Euclid's categories. See also Add MS 6782
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          <head xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="lat"> De speciebus irrationalium ab Euclide
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          On types of irrationals missed by ]</head>
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