Actually I made a big mistake in my note before the last multiply symbol in text should by x, * is computerese [one or two s's? I would be easier if we went back to the old long s, as long as we found somthing else.] that seems to be creeping in. Also Ammericans have way to much shortcut jargon for square root, and its not well standardized. 2 or 2nd root for square root, 3 (more often 3rd) root for cube root, root n for square root, and the like, and I sometimes prefer the UK terminology.

After trying to read old manuscipts for a couple of days, then typing up text of something else, most of my proof reading is taking out the extra e's I put on just about everything.

The English didd't want to reform speling of script in the century so they had to outlaw having gender for shoes. Only the scholars at Oxford and Cambridge could keep straight the hoo shoo and the shoo shoo. That reminds me I haven't put on my website the ditty "How Oxford Scholars Spend Their Time". It explains the old saying that at Oxford they didn't have any forenoons, just afternoons.

Even in the 1730's in England they couldn't handle the long s. One finds the future Kitty Clive called Miss Raftor and Miss Rastor.