Harriot, Thomas - Mss. 6782

Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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[Commentary:

Further work based on Stevin's L’arithmétique … aussi l’algebre (Stevin , page 331. Here Harriot works on general equations of the type

a a a - d a a = f f f

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The letters SWL that appear on this page refer to Harriot's friend Sir William ]

b) Stevin.

species non universalis
[Translation: The rule is not ]