Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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[Commentary:
This page refers to Stevin's L'arithmétique … aussi l'algebre (Stevin , page 331, where Stevin discusses the equation 1(3) = 6(2) + 400 (in modern notation x3=6x2=400.) Here Harriot works on the same equation, written as aaa=2.3aa+400. See also Add MS 6782 f. .
The letters SWL that appear in this page refer to Harriot's friend Sir William
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a) Stevin.
Ergo species non est
[Translation: Therefore the rule is not ]

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