Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6785

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> The reference to Pappus is to Commandino's edition of Books III to
                <emph style="it">Mathematicae collectiones</emph>
                <ref id="pappus_1558"> (Pappus </ref>
              . The relevant proposition on page 44 is Proposition IV.11. Harriot's diagram is the same as the one given by Commandino except for his use of lower case letters. </s>
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                <s xml:space="preserve"> Theorema XI. Propositio XI.
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                Sit semicirculus ABC, & inflectatur CBA. ducaturque CD ita, vt CB fit æqualis utrisque simul AB & perpendiculares BE EF ducantur. Dico AF ipsius BE duplæ </s>
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                <s xml:space="preserve"> Let there be a semicircle ABC, curved along CBA. The line CD is drawn so that CB is equal to AB and CD together, and there are drawn the perpendiculars BE and EF. I say that AF is twice BE.</s>
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          <head xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="lat"> Utile ad
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          Useful for ]</head>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> et ad locum
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            de
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            and for the place of ]</s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> pappus pag.
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            Pappus, page ]</s>
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