SOLƲTION.
1. Denomination. Make AC=a, AD=b, AB=x, then will BC=b−x.
2. Equation. 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉 and substract∣ing xx.
Mathesis enucleata, or, The elements of the mathematicks by J. Christ. Sturmius ; made English by J.R. and R.S.S.
About this Item
- Title
- Mathesis enucleata, or, The elements of the mathematicks by J. Christ. Sturmius ; made English by J.R. and R.S.S.
- Author
- Sturm, Johann Christophorus, 1635-1703.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Robert Knaplock and Dan. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh,
- 1700.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
- Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
- Algebra -- Early works to 1800.
- Link to this Item
-
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61912.0001.001
- Cite this Item
-
"Mathesis enucleata, or, The elements of the mathematicks by J. Christ. Sturmius ; made English by J.R. and R.S.S." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
Pages
Page 19
3. Reduction. 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉; and adding 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉; and substracting 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉; and dividing by 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉.
4. The Effection or Construction is like the former, and so will be manifest only by inspecting that Scheme.
5. The Arithmetical Rule. From the square of the given sum substract the square of the given side, and divide the Re∣mainder by double the given sum; and youll have the other side, and substracting that from the given sum, you have the Hypothenusa also. E. g. let one side be 15, and the sum of the other two 45.