Algorithms; Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900; Mathematics -- History
sursu{m} {pr}ocedas m{u}ltiplicando
[_Italicized as shown: error for “p{ro}cedas”?_]
Sidenote: Our author makes a slip here
[_Elsewhere in the book, numerical errors are corrected in the
body text, with a footnote giving the original form._]
ten tymes so mych is þe nounb{re}
[_text unchanged: error for “as”?_]
6 tymes 24, [{19}]þen take
[_misplaced footnote anchor in original:
belongs with “6 times 24”_]
Fn. 7: ‘Subt{ra}has a{u}t addis a dext{ri}s [_open quote missing_]
The Art of Nombryng:
oone of the digitis as .10. of 1.. 20. of. 2.
[_text unchanged: error for “as .10. of .1. 20. of .2.”?_]
sette a-side half of tho m{inutes}
[_text unchanged: error for “the”?_]
and. 10. as before is come therof
[_text unchanged: error for “and .10.”?_]
Sidenote: Where to set the quotiente [_spelling (1922) unchanged_]
Sidenote: Definition of Progression. [_f in “of” illegible_]
Sidenote: ... giving the value of ab.^2 [_That is, “a(b^2).”_]
Accomptynge by counters:
For example of the [*117a.] ly[*]nes
[_final . in sidenote missing or invisible_]
[_also in 121b, 122a]
which in the fyrst summe is 5
[_invisible “5” supplied by transcriber_]
[*116a (_sic_).]
[_Editor’s “sic”: page numbering jumps back to 116 instead of the
expected 123, and continues from 116._]
[*123a] ... set downe y^e multiplyer .v. tymes, as here you se
[_Diagram shown as printed, with 35500 for 36500 in one column,
and apparent misplaced “thousands” marker_]
365 (which is the nomber of dayes ... [_open ( missing_]
The arte of nombrynge by the hande:
for 1 the fynger is clasped in
[_In at least one printing of the text, “clasped” is misprinted
as “elasped”_]
but this teacyed me not [_text unchanged_]
Appendix I: A Treatise on the Numeration of Algorism:
_See Introduction and Glossary for ſ:f and þ:y errors_
Appendix II: Carmen de Algorismo:
_In this selection, errors that are not explained in footnotes were
assumed to be typographic._
l. 99 Postea procedas [procdeas]
l. 163 Articuli digitum post in digitum mixti duc [post iu]
End of Project Gutenberg's The Earliest Arithmetics in English, by Anonymous
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