WPCK ?T FUVtvodq %\5VVbvU@"~@"vs_~xű1W(]C)kVlj\@H^ɾݻC<&tC"9**7Jl J&-|lal# X:(@j2;ȄV[3¥VߢFyZM̾ƟOpL L'`ݻ~:˲ H-.=|}e&lְ؇+rWz Ⴔ,HpaXXa9zτ1gִoz)iJDM?p3 ήyg`3 󗞣_q/Ҫ(ȆI+ KjUEe<K#rjch,3>U.V_WnՎA¾+(!@KLIuy/ L%HnܩcQO;ytRTOuA:-m7<.;5z/[jPŏs)N #UNq % 0:^ w 4#2 m4 0&d9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,$? QJE=:i+003|xU !USUS.,  _Content    a)NotesonGreek,Egyptian,andAsiaticempires(seeno.135);algebraproblems(insidefront  _endboard_).    b)Inscription(1r,seeDescriptionabove;1v,blank).    c)Titlepage(2r,seeDescriptionabove;2vblank).    d)Practicalgeometryproblems(3r26v).Eachpageisdevotedtoasingleproblem,consisting   ofaheading(ProblemI,ProblemII,etc.,eachheadingdecoratedwithflourishes,asdescribedin   Descriptionabove);aprosestatementoftheproblem;andanelegantdiagramthatcarriesoutthe_the_   problem.Thereare48problemstotal.Problem44ismissingitsromannumeralintheheading,which   readssimplyProblem.Problems4648aremissingtheirprosestatements. z     ThisportionofthenotebookbearsoutDuncanK.Wilsonsremarkaboutmethodsofteaching t  arithmetic(atleastinScotlandandupthroughtheeighteenthcentury,whicharethelimitsofhisstudy), n  namelythatitwascustomaryforthemastertodictaterulesandexampleswhichthepupilslavishly h  reproducedinhiscopybookinbeautifulcopperplatewriting(TheHistoryofMathematicalTeachingin b  ScotlandtotheEndoftheEighteenthCentury[London:UniversityofLondonPress,1935],45).The \  samemusthavebeentrueofgeometryinstruction,whichtendedtobepracticallyoriented(Wilson,pp. V 57,82).Afewspecimensoftextwillservetoindicatethenatureofall48problems.Inmanuscript, P eachofthefollowingtextsisaccompaniedbyadiagramthatdemonstratesitsrespectiveproblemin J geometricaldrawing: D ProblemI 8   FromapointCinagivenlineABtoraiseaperpendiculartothatline. 2 ProblemII &v   TodivideagivenrightlineABintotwoequalpartsthatistobisectit.  p ProblemIII d   FromagivenpointDtoletfallaperpendicularonagivenlineAB. ^ Ruskin,forwhomnocopyingtaskcouldprovetooobsessive,mayhaveenjoyedthispracticallabor, !R althoughhecomplainedbitterlyabouthismoreabstractmathematicsinstruction(seeno.173). !L   e)Fiveneatlycopiedrulesofproportion,e.g.,Ifthelinea=b/Andthelinec=b/Thenwill "F thelinec=a(27r28r). #@    f)Smallpencilandwatercolorlandscapedrawingsovertopofgeometricalfigures(28v29r). $: !   g)Algebraicexercises,pencilandink(29v38v,plusinsideback_endboard_).Alsoon %4!" _endpaper_:pencildrawingofagothicedifice,perhapsacathedralentrance. &."#   h)Between38vand_endpaper_,atleast4pagesremoved,ofwhichthestubs_remain._