Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick

Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick is a grammar school mathematics textbook written

Cocker's Decimal
by Edward Cocker (1631–1676) and published posthumously by John Hawkins in
Arithmetick
1684.[1] Decimal Arithmetick along with companion volume, Cocker's Arithmetick
published in 1677, were used in schools in the United Kingdom for more than 150 Author Edward Cocker
years. Country United Kingdom
Language English
The concept of decimal fractions and the advantages of using them in calculations
were well known, but a wide variety of different notations were in use.[2] After Subject Mathematics
surveying various notations, Decimal Arithmetick recommends the decimal point Publisher Passinger u.a.
notation introduced byJohn Napier: Publication date 1684

A decimal fraction being written ... by having a point or Media type Print (hardcover)
prick prefixed before it ... being written according to the OCLC 165934587
first direction, I conceive they may be most fit for
calculation.[1]

Decimal Arithmetick gives instructions for calculations involving decimals, methods of extracting roots, and an overview of the
concept of logarithms. There are many worked examples, some of which involve solid geometry or the calculation of interest.

References
1. Yeldham, Florence (1936).The Teaching of Arithmetic Through Four Hundred Years (1535-1935). London: George
G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. pp. 75, 80–83, 85.OCLC 152432557 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152432557).
2. Jeff Miller (28 April 2008)."Earliest Uses of Symbols for Fractions"(http://jeff560.tripod.com/fractions.html). Jeff
Miller's Mathword. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

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