William Oughtred, a Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of Mathematics
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48.
4 An Idea of Arithnietick, at first designed for the use of the Free Schoole at Thurlow in Suffolk By R. B., Schoolmaster there, London, 1655, p. 6.
s The Miscellanies: or Mathematical Lucubrations, of Mr. Samuel Foster .... by John T^vysden, London, 1659, p. i, ^ Maoris Arithmetick in two Books, London, 1660, p. 89.
7 Isaac Barrow, Euclidis data, Cambridge, 1657, p. 2.
74 William Oughtred Oughtred's notation, A .B::C .D, became the prevalent, though not universal, notation in Great Britain.... A tre- mendous impetus to their adoption was given by Seth Ward, Isaac Barrow, and particularly by John Wallis, who was rising to international eminence as a mathematician.
In France we have noticed Oughtred's notation for proportion in Franciscus Dulaurens (1667),^ J. Prestet (1675),^ R. P. Bernard Lamy (i684),3 Ozanam (i69i),4 De I'Hospital (i696,)s R. P. Petro Nicolas (1697). ^ In the Netherlands we have noticed it in R. P. Bernard Lamy (i68o),7 and in an anonymous work of 1690.^ In German and Italian works of the seventeenth cen- tury we have not seen Oughtred's notation for propor- tion.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
48.
4 An Idea of Arithnietick, at first designed for the use of the Free Schoole at Thurlow in Suffolk By R. B., Schoolmaster there, London, 1655, p. 6.
s The Miscellanies: or Mathematical Lucubrations, of Mr. Samuel Foster .... by John T^vysden, London, 1659, p. i, ^ Maoris Arithmetick in two Books, London, 1660, p. 89.
7 Isaac Barrow, Euclidis data, Cambridge, 1657, p. 2.
74 William Oughtred Oughtred's notation, A .B::C .D, became the prevalent, though not universal, notation in Great Britain.... A tre- mendous impetus to their adoption was given by Seth Ward, Isaac Barrow, and particularly by John Wallis, who was rising to international eminence as a mathematician.
In France we have noticed Oughtred's notation for proportion in Franciscus Dulaurens (1667),^ J. Prestet (1675),^ R. P. Bernard Lamy (i684),3 Ozanam (i69i),4 De I'Hospital (i696,)s R. P. Petro Nicolas (1697). ^ In the Netherlands we have noticed it in R. P. Bernard Lamy (i68o),7 and in an anonymous work of 1690.^ In German and Italian works of the seventeenth cen- tury we have not seen Oughtred's notation for propor- tion.
What to read after William Oughtred, a Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of Mathematics?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Florian Cajori to read onlineMoreLess
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