509255
[Commentary:
The problem pursued in this and many other folios in Add MS 6784 is that of 'inclination' or 'neusis',
as set out in Pappus, Mathematicae collectiones
(Pappus , Book 7. For a statement of the problem see Add MS 6784
f. . ]
De
[Translation: On ]
[Translation: On ]
ponatur sectam:
et ducatur
[Translation: Let the section be made, and draw
et ducatur
[Translation: Let the section be made, and draw