ABSTRACT

Sir Boderick (examining Immerito, a candidate for preferment). Sirrah, boy, write him down a good astronomer.

Page (aside,writes) ‘As colit astra.’ The Return from Parnassus (1602), 1. S.

THOUGH of old time the subjects of Arithmetic and Geometry were reserved for Bachelors in Arts to study, we have already said all that we have to say thereanent on the topic of the Mathematical Tripos.