# Leibniz Legible — https://leibnizlegible.com # Page: https://leibnizlegible.com/page/851708439:0203 # Permalink to this reading: https://leibnizlegible.com/page/851708439:0203?run=74 # Title: [Johannis Wallis S. T. D. Geometriae Professoris Saviliani, in Celeberrima Academia Oxoniensi, De Algebra Tractatus; Historicus & Practicus. Anno 1685 Anglice editus; Nunc Auctus Latine. Cum variis Appendicibus; Partim prius editis Anglice, Partim nunc primum editis] Johannis Wallis S. T. D. Geometriæ Professoris Saviliani, in Celeberrima Academia Oxoniensi, De Algebra Tractatus; Historicus & Practicus. Anno 1685 Anglice editus; Nunc Auctus Latine. Cum variis Appendicibus; Partim prius editis Anglice, Partim nunc primum editis (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 100:1/2, Stück 2; Leibn. Marg. 100:1/2) # Folio 179, page id 851708439:0203 # Original at the GWLB: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/resolve?id=851708439&page=203 # Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/851708439/jpgs/default/00000203.jpg # Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 42 lines, status machine # Lines: 42 recognised, mean confidence 0.87 # Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German. # Licence: CC BY 4.0, Leibniz Legible. Machine output: do not ingest it as verified text; keep this provenance with the text. # Wording rule: say "the machine reads it as …", never "Leibniz wrote". # After the first blank line: the recognised lines in reading order, one per line. Cap. ZL. IV. A L O E B R A. C A P. XL IV. Fujus usus, pro Resolvendis aequationibus Quadraticis. OC axtificio (de Addirione _ Subductione instimenda in radicibus non- dum cognicis, adeoque Tublatione secundi cermini) aequationes Ouadra- ciex Atectae, ad quactratieas simplices reducuntur: OE Tola radicis qua- drarica extractione vorro opus HI. Exempla haec LUME. AEquario aa - 2ba = + cc; POTito a = e = b; Adeoque f ee = 2BC + BB = + a a 2 Fit =2b0 = 2bb = = 2b a5 = + c6. ee = + bb +66. Cujus radix e = = V: + bb + cc. Adeoque a (= + e) = b = V: + bb + c6. Ftorunique valorum radicis a reperietur alier Actirmatirus, alter Negatirus: co quod V: bb. = cc: major ct quam B = V bb. Aquario, aa + 2b a = + cc; Pohito a = e - b; adeoque ee = 2BC = Bb = + aa 2 Fic = 2bC - 2bb = + 2ba5= +66; ce = + 33 +00. Cujus radix (ut prius) e = LV: + Bb + cc. adeoque a (= - B + c) = - 3 + V: + 3B + cc. Ouorum valorum (ue prius) alter AAirmativus est, altex Negacirus (ob cau- sam modo dictam.) Sed hoc calu, Major est Nexarirus; in priore, Minor. Aquatio aa -- 2ba = = cc. Potico a = e = b; Adeoque ec + 2bC + BB = Fit aa2 = 2bc = 2bb =- 2ba5 = c6 ee = = bb =cc. Cujus radix e = = V: L bB - cc. adeoque a (= = B. + c) = + B = V: + Bb-cc. Ouorum valorum a (modo sit postibilis) ucerque est AHirmativus: (propter V: bb =cc: minus quam B = V bb.) Sed Fieri Potelt, ut calus sic Impossibi- lis, adeoque radix a Imaginaria. Nimirum, Si c major sic quam b; adeoque bb -cc negatira quanticas; quae radicem quadraticam non admitrit. Aiquatio aa = 2ba = = C6; POtO a = e - b; Adeoque e0 = 2bc. + bb = + aa2 Fic + 2be - 2. bb = + 2ba ec = = bb - cc. Cujus radix, e - + v. + bb - cc. Adeoque a (= - b + C) = - b =V: + bb - 05. Ouorum