FOOTNOTES

[8] La science des négocians et teneurs de livres. Paris 1754.

[9] Vol. i. p. 408.

[10] Those who are desirous of further information respecting Lucas

de Borgo, may consult Scriptores ordinis Minorum, recensuit Fr. Lucas

Waddingus, Romæ 1650;--Heilbronneri Historia Matheseos universæ, Lipsiæ

1742;--Histoire des Mathématiques, par Montucla, Paris 1758.

[11] Vol. i. p. 409.

[12] The title runs thus: Ein Teutsch verstendig Buchhalten für Herren

oder Gesellschafter inhalt wellischem Process.

[13] Bayle says, that the Latin translation of Stevin’s works was

executed principally by Willebrord Snellius.

[14] Lib. ii. cap. 7.

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