P. HISTORY OF ' AATHEMATICAL - School of Mathematics

ALPHABETICAL INDEX 443
Local value (principle of) : Babylonians,
5, 78; Hebrews, 31; Hindus, 78, 88;
Maya, 68,78; Neophytes, 88; Turks,
84
Locke, L. L., 62, 63
Long, Edith, and W. C. Brenke, congruent
in geometry, 372
Loomis, Elias, 287
Lorenz, J. F., 216; geometry, 387;
incommensurables, 382; similar, 372
Lorey, Adolf: equal and parallel, 369;
similar and congruent, 372
LoubBre, De la, 331
Louville, Chevalier de, 258
Lucas, Edouard, 96
Lucas, Lossius, 225, 229
Ludolph van Ceulen, 148, 208, 209,
223; aggregation, 344, 348, 349;
radical sign, 332
Lumholtz, K., 65
Lutz, H. F., 12, 13
Lyman, E. A,, parallelogram, 365
Lyte, H., 186
Manndelykse Mathedische Liefheb
berye, 330, 336
Macdonald, J. W., equivalent, 375
Macdonald, W. R., 282
McDougall, A. H. : congruent in geometry,
374; similar, 374
Macfarlane, A., 275
Mach, E., right angle, 363
Maclaurin, Colin, 240, 248; aggregrttion,
345; use of a star, 356
McMahon, James, equivalent, 375
Macnie, J., equivalent. 375
Mairan, Jean Jaques d'Orton de, 255
Mako. Paulus, 259, 288
Mal, Arabic for z2, 116, 290
Malcolm, A., 248
Manfredi, Gabriele, 257, 331; parentheses,
351
Mangoldt, Hans von, angle, 362
Marini, 49
Marquardt, J., 51
Marre, Aristide, 129
Marsh, John, 289
Martin, T. H., 97
Mason, C., 307
Masterson, Thomas, 171, 278
Mauduit, A. R., 259; perpendicular,
364; s~dar, 372
Maupertuis, P. L., 255; aggregation,
351, 352
Maurolicus, Fr., 303; pictographs in
geometry, 359; use of R, 319
Maya, 68, 5
Mehler, F. G., angle, 360
Meibomim, M., 251
Meissner, Bruno, 14, 15
Meissner, H., 283
"Mem," Hebrew letter for rectanglc,
365, 366
Mengoli, Petro, 206, 254, 301
Menher, 148
MBray, Ch., 213
Mercastel, J. B. A. de, on ratio, 254,
256
Mercator, N., 252; use of star, 194;
decimals, 283
Merse~e, M., 209, 266, 273, 301, 302,
339
Metius, Adrian, 186, 225; circle, 367:
pictographs, 359, 371
Meurs, John of, 271
Meyer, Friedrich, angle, 362
Meyer, H., 287
Meyers, G. W., congruent in geometry.
372; E, 374
Michelsen, J. A. C., 206
Mikami, Yoshio, 119, 120
Milinowski, A., angle, 362
Milne, W. J., equivalent, 375
Minus sign: survey of, 208-16; In
Bombelli, 144; Buteon, 173; Cavalieri,
179; Cardan, 140; Clavius, 161;
Diophantus, 103; Gosselin, 174;
HBrigone, 189; Pacioli, 134; Peletier.
172; Recorde, 167; Regiomontanus,
126, 208; sign iii, 131, 132, 134, 142,
172-74, 200; sign -, 189; sign t,
164, 208, 508; Tartaglia, 142, 143;
Vieta, 176; not used m early anthmetics,
158
Mitchell, J., 286
Mobius, A. F., angle, 361
Mohammed, 45
Molesworth, W., 385
Molk, J., 211
Moller, G., 16, 18, 21
Mollweide, C. B., 47, 216: similar and
congruent, 372
Molyneux, W., 283; radical si-, 331
Mommsen, Th., 46, 51
Monconys, De. 263