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Description

Page where Chuquet first describes the naming method for "zillions".
Source

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Chuquet.html
Date

ca 1470? unpublished manuscript.
Author

Nicolas Chuquet (1445 - 1488)
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(Reusing this image)

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Transcription
Item lon doit savoir que ung million vault mille milliers de unitez, et ung byllion vault mille milliers de millions, et [ung] tryllion vault mille milliers de byllions, et ung quadrillion vault mille milliers de tryllions et ainsi des aultres : Et de ce en est pose ung exemple nombre divise et punctoye ainsi que devant est dit, tout lequel nombre monte 745324 tryllions 804300 byllions 700023 millions 654321. Exemple : 745324'8043000'700023'654321.

D'après http://www.miakinen.net/vrac/nombres.

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