Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6785

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> Harriot refers to Euclid,
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                If four magnitudes be proportional they will also be proportional alternately. </s>
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                If magnitudes be proportional componendo, they will also the proportional separando. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> 1.Of three magnitudes in continuall proportion; the summe of the first
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            & second being given & the summe of the second and third: to find the
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> By the 17 of the 5th as the first & second hath to the second, so hath the second
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            & third to the third. Therefour (alterne) by the 16 of the 5th, as the summe
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            of the first and second hath unto the summe of the second & third,
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            so hath the second to the third. Then agayne (componendo) by the
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            same 17 prop. as the aggregate of the two summes hath to the
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            summe of the second & third, so hath the summe of the second & third
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            to the third. The third being known the rest are also known, &
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            therefour the proportion </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> 2. Of three proportionalls in continuall proportion: the difference
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            betwixt the first & last & the summe of the second & third
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            to find
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            the </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> It must be understood also which is the least terme &
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            that for sake of
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            delivery be recconed the first. Then subtract that
              <emph style="st">first</emph>
            difference
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            out of the sayd summe of the second & third & then will remayne the
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            summe of the first & second as is thus proved. Suppose the
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            three magnitudes unkown be
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            .
              <math>
                <mstyle>
                  <mi>b</mi>
                  <mi>c</mi>
                </mstyle>
              </math>
            .
              <math>
                <mstyle>
                  <mi>c</mi>
                  <mi>d</mi>
                </mstyle>
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            . from
              <math>
                <mstyle>
                  <mi>c</mi>
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            towarde
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                  <mi>d</mi>
                </mstyle>
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            there
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            is a mgnitude æquall to
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                  <mi>b</mi>
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            which
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            let be
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                  <mi>c</mi>
                  <mi>e</mi>
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            . Then
              <math>
                <mstyle>
                  <mi>e</mi>
                  <mi>d</mi>
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            wilbe the difference which is given. Which being
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            subtracted out of
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                <mstyle>
                  <mi>b</mi>
                  <mi>d</mi>
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            the summe of second & third, leaveth
              <math>
                <mstyle>
                  <mi>b</mi>
                  <mi>e</mi>
                </mstyle>
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            ; which
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            is æquall to
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                <mstyle>
                  <mi>a</mi>
                  <mi>c</mi>
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            by the 2 common substrates, the summe of the first & second.
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            The proposition then is as that </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> This propostion wrought by algebra the
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            first being suppose
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            is as </s>
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