June5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.
THERHIND MATHEMATICALPAPYRUS.
By F. L. Griffith.
(Continuedfrompage208).
PartI, Section 2. —Fractions of fractions.
(1) Table, PI. XIX, No. 61 ; Commentar, p. 149.
Thisshorttable,whichgivesa few useful subdivisionsof fractions
down to -jij, is injured by wear andbreakage: it may perhapsbe
restored:—
I s n 1 * 31 <^1 111
2 is n i « (^1 1 r. \
3 2 s n^13 (1 ) Ts^1
4 23 n M a) 121 ini
5 .2 3 n I /«^13
6 31 H */«^10
7 n i / « .I 21
8 1 21 n * /■» 2 +II
9 i n * •.?- "51*^1 7 I /«
1 S^1
[A](^10) [ /?]
(^1 1) [1 1/?]
(^1 2) [I" 1/?]
(^13) [1 /?]
'4 [i i /?]
■5 [t] i / « 2 1,^1
(^161) 7" i m^1 [i / A ?]
if
"1 1 [s]
(^171) 7" 1 11 1 [/ TV]
iS "If^1 if 2 21 i.^1 0"^13 / S3^1
if
(^1912 21) fm
1 1
4 l^1
4 V
n ;-8 an *~ has bee a writter and then<erased It will be
observedthatthis table can be roughly dividedintogroups,— (f )
as the largest fractiontakingthe lead, thus:—
1-4. 3 of ^ and its halvings.
5-8. § of £ and its halvings.
9[-n]? J as a sub-division of § is treated beforei, a and T'T
but after T\ because it cannot be obtained by
simplehalving.
[I2?~]l5- f l6, 17. t- 18. l9- tt-
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