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OBJECT
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CLAIM.
THE IMAGE WAS CHECKED.
The e-rara page image was directly inspected. It verifies DECIMAL in a 1704 English mathematical head phrase; it is not claimed as the earliest English occurrence and does not by itself prove the word’s French or Latin ancestry.
Present-Day English1704established
decimal
John Harris’s Lexicon technicum prints DECIMAL in the head phrase DECIMAL Fraction and begins its mathematical definition.
“DECIMAL Fraction, is that which hath for its Denominator 1. with a Cypher or Cyphers annexed;”
- WITNESS TYPE
- Printed book
- YEAR
- 1704
- LOCATOR
- Image [251], left column, entry DECIMAL Fraction; e-rara content image 2867315
- REPOSITORY
- ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
- SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
- Rar 98 Ex.A GF, content image 2867315
- FACSIMILE
- Linked below
- DIRECT INSPECTION
- Yes
- CONFIDENCE
- established
WORD DOSSIERdecimal ↗
CANONICAL FORM NODENODE 186 ↗
NAMED SOURCELexicon technicum: or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences ↗OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
INSPECTED FACSIMILEOPEN OBJECT ↗
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REPEATABLE VISUAL REVIEW
THE INSPECTION LEDGER
OBSERVED FORMDECIMAL
“DECIMAL Fraction, is that which hath for its Denominator 1. with a Cypher or Cyphers annexed;”
- INSPECTION DATE
- 2026-08-26
- METHOD
- visual facsimile
- INSPECTOR ROLE
- SET-U editorial review
- EXACT LOCATOR
- Image [251], left column, entry DECIMAL Fraction; e-rara content image 2867315
- CLAIM LIMIT
- Verifies DECIMAL in a 1704 English mathematical head phrase. It does not establish the earliest English occurrence or prove the French and Latin ancestry.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE
THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM
- TITLE
- Lexicon technicum: or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences
- AUTHOR
- John Harris
- YEAR
- 1704
- PUBLISHER
- Printed for Dan. Brown et al.
- SOURCE TYPE
- digitized primary source
- CITATION KEY
- erara-harris-lexicon-1704