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s:Page:Cyclopaedia, Chambers - Volume 1.djvu/351, in the second column in the original text, in the second paragraph of the section on the equal sign (the one starting with This Character was firſt
, the sixth paragraph to start from the top of the page) there is a weird symbol that looks like a backwards
∝. Does anyone know if this is represented in unicode? I can't find anything, but it must have been somewhat common, since the publisher of the book would have had to have it in print (the book was published in 1728).
🌺 Cremastra (
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21:57, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
"The symbol = was not immediately popular. The symbol || was used by some and æ (or œ), from the Latin word aequalis meaning equal, was widely used into the 1700s" (History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews).
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s:Page:Cyclopaedia, Chambers - Volume 1.djvu/351, in the second column in the original text, in the second paragraph of the section on the equal sign (the one starting with This Character was firſt
, the sixth paragraph to start from the top of the page) there is a weird symbol that looks like a backwards
∝. Does anyone know if this is represented in unicode? I can't find anything, but it must have been somewhat common, since the publisher of the book would have had to have it in print (the book was published in 1728).
🌺 Cremastra (
talk)
21:57, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
"The symbol = was not immediately popular. The symbol || was used by some and æ (or œ), from the Latin word aequalis meaning equal, was widely used into the 1700s" (History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews).