The Ground of Arts
The Ground of Arts
Robert Recorde's Arithmetic: or, The Ground of Arts was one of the first printed English textbooks on arithmetic and the most popular of its time. It introduced the equals sign ("="). It was preceded only by two anonymous texts in 1537 and 1539; The Ground of Arts appeared in London in 1543,[1] and it was reprinted around 45 more editions until 1700.[1] Editors and contributors of new sections included John Dee, John Mellis, Robert Hartwell, Thomas Willsford, and finally Edward Hatton.
References
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- Karpinski, Louis (1925). The history of arithmetic. Rand McNally. LCC QA21.K3.
- Recorde, Robert (1543). The Grounde of Artes. London: Reynold Wolff. LCC QA33.R3 1542a.
- Recorde, Robert (1699) [1543]. Edward Hatton, ed., ed. Arithmetick, or, The ground of arts. London: J.H. for Charles Harper.
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