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138 but his rules are illustrated in words, letters, and figures. Under the chapter of Numeration, page 9, he states, "There are tenne figures that are used in arithmetick, and of those tenne one doth signifie nothing, which is made like o, and is privately called a cypher; though all the other sometime be likewise named: the other nine are called signifying figures, and are thus figured:

A specimen of his method of illustrating an example shall be subjoined in a note.

The author has not suggested a hint as to the time when, or the persons by whom these figures were brought into England.