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Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick
Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick
A decimal fraction being written ... by having a point or Media type Print (hardcover)
prick prefixed before it ... being written according to the OCLC 165934587
first direction, I conceive they may be most fit for
calculation.[1]
Decimal Arithmetick gives instructions for calculations involving decimals, methods of extracting roots, and an overview of the
concept of logarithms. There are many worked examples, some of which involve solid geometry or the calculation of interest.
References
1. Yeldham, Florence (1936).The Teaching of Arithmetic Through Four Hundred Years (1535-1935). London: George
G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. pp. 75, 80–83, 85.OCLC 152432557 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152432557).
2. Jeff Miller (28 April 2008)."Earliest Uses of Symbols for Fractions"(http://jeff560.tripod.com/fractions.html). Jeff
Miller's Mathword. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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