Re: [HM] scientific notation

Rich Reeves (RReeves956@aol.com)
3 Apr 99 11:42:48 -0500 (EST)

I checked a few 19th century school books, including Robinson's Shorter
Course: A Complete Algebra (1874) and J. Stockton's The Western Calculator
(1828) for any reference to scientific notation and found none. Jeff
Miller may be right that the term scientific notation is much more recent
in origin.

My copy of Florian Cajori's A History of Mathematical Notations (1993
Dover reprint of the 1928-1929 editions from The Open Court Publishing
Company) also appears to be a dead end.

Best wishes from St. Louis, MO, USA