Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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              <s xml:space="preserve"> This page refers to Stevin's
                <emph style="it">L'arithmétique … aussi l'algebre</emph>
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              , page 331, where Stevin discusses the equation 1(3) = 6(2) + 400 (in modern notation
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              .) Here Harriot works on the same equation, written as
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              . See also Add MS 6782
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> a) Stevin. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Ergo species non est
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            Therefore the rule is not ]</s>
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