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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARAGRAPHS - Byzantine—Maximus Planudes, Fourteenth Century................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
121 - Italian—Leonardo of Pisa, Thirteenth Century................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
122 - French—Nicole Oresme, Fourteenth Century................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
123 - Arabic—al-Qalasâdî, Fifteenth Century................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124 - German—Regiomontanus, Fifteenth Century................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
125–27 - Italian—Earliest Printed Arithmetic, 1478................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
128 - French—Nicolas Chuquet, 1484................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
129-31 - French—Estienne de la Roche, 1520................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
132 - Italiaim-Pietro Borgi, 1484, 1488................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
133 - Italian—Luca Pacioli, 1494, 1523................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
134–38 - Italian—F. Ghaligai, 1521, 1548, 1552................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
139 - Italian—H. Cardan, 1532, 1545, 1570................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
140, 141 - Italian—Nicolo Tartaglia, 1506–60................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
142, 143 - Italian—Rafaele Bombelli, 1572................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
144, 145 - German—Johann Widman, 1489, 1526................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
146 - Austrian—Grammateus, 1518, 1535................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
147 - German—Christoff Rudolff, 1525................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
148, 149 - Dutch—Gielis van der Hoecke, 1537................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
150 - German—Michael Stifel, 1544, 1545, 1553................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
151–56 - German—Nicolaus Copernicus, 1566................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
157 - German—Johann Scheubel, 1545, 1551................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
158,159 - Maltese—Wil. Klebitius, 1565................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
160 - German—Christophorus Clavius, 1608................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
161 - Belgium—Simon Stevin, 1585................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
162,163 - Lorraine—Albert Girard, 1629................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
164 - German-Spanish—Marco Aurel, 1552................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
165 - Portuguese-Spanish—Pedro Nunez, 1567................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
166 - English—Robert Recorde, 1543(?), 1557................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
167–68 - English—John Dee, 1570................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
169 - English—Leonard and Thomas Digges, 1579................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
170 - English—Thomas Masterson, 1592................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
171 - French—Jacques Peletier, 1554................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
172 - French—Jean Buteon, 1559................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
173 - French—Guillaume Gosselin, 1577................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
174 - French—Francis Vieta, 1591................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
176-78 - Italian—Bonaventura Cavalieri, 1647................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
179 - English—William Oughtred, 1631, 1632, 1657................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
180–87 - English—Thomas Harriot, 1631................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
188 - French—Pierre Herigone, 1634, 1644................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
189 - Scot-French—James Hume, 1635, 1636................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
190 - French—René Descartes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
191 - English—Isaac Barrow................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
192 - English—Richard Rawlinson, 1655-68................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
193 - Swiss—Johann Heinrich Rahn................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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